AFI ESCA offices: Designing with light

For its new site, the owner has commissioned the construction of an exceptional building, sober and bright, on a plot of land on the edge of the EURALLILE business district.

With natural light flooding all spaces, we were naturally guided by this powerful vector in the design and interior architecture ofAFI ESCA's offices.

Inspired by this luminosity, we created partitions that combine transparency and acoustics, with double-glazed walls between the workspaces and the interior perimeter circulation, so that users can enjoy a view of the outside world at all times, while providing a comfortable working environment for future occupants.

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Each plateau is divided into zones with individual offices, collaborative spaces and meeting rooms. Each department is punctuated by a "full monochrome" herbal tea room in petrol blue, mustard yellow or fir green.

In the reception area, the reception desk is built around a concrete post left unfinished. Along the central core, petroleum-blue "phone boxes" provide privacy for making calls.

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As is often the case with interior designs by Guillaume da Silva, particular attention was paid to the treatment of the dining area. The building's top-floor cafeteria offers a unique panoramic view of the city. Designed to welcome all the building's employees in a setting conducive to dining, it can also be used to organize events thanks to its versatile layout. It offers employees a space that combines aesthetics, comfort and functionality, thanks to a kitchen with a refined design and subtle hues, an XXL-sized high table in herringbone oak and metal, ideal for discussions or meetings, a central bench that structures the space without partitioning it, serving stations judiciously distributed to avoid overcrowding during lunchtime, and rest areas. Acoustics have also been taken into account here, with an absorbent plaster ceiling featuring random perforations. Lighting is provided by a mix of architectural lighting and decorative suspended fixtures, giving the space an atmosphere that draws on the codes of the restaurant or home.
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Light, space, ergonomics, comfort: all the ingredients are there to help employees flourish and ensure well-being at work.

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Partner companies :

Plasterwork - partitions : Interior spaces

Painting : Dessauvages

Floor coverings: Texi Floors

Electricity: Delporte

HVAC / Plumbing: Nord Clim

Fixtures and fittings : Villettaz

 

Architect : Damien Surroca

 

Photo Credit: @Laurent Scavone

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