This large corporate complex was designed by architect Zoltan Bagi and interior designer Szilvia Károlyi with the aim of creating a contemporary, solid and human-centric building. “Understanding the client’s perspective is an essential part of any interior design project,” explains Szilvia Károlyi. “Visual aspects capture attention, but acoustics and lighting also play a crucial role in the design process. The aim is to use human-centric design to create a fantastic workplace while offering visitors a multisensorial experience.”
As for the choice of materials, the designers opted for an extensive selection of Italian ceramic tiles, expressing their appreciation of the quality and performance of the products and the partners involved. “We incorporated the façade’s architectural language into the interior to create a sense of coherence and material consistency both indoors and outdoors,” continues Szilvia Károlyi. “In view of the building’s function as offices, we opted for cool surfaces to create a workplace characterised by well-being and beauty. The flooring defines the space through the use of large, homogenous and bright materials with minimal joints and horizontal lines. However, the choice of hard flooring made it essential to implement acoustic solutions to mitigate reverberations and enhance the spatial experience. Lighting is the third pillar of the project, for which purpose we chose LED light sources that set the overall mood while accentuating surfaces, capturing attention and creating the right contrast between light and shadow.”
The eye-catching ventilated façade that envelops the volume is clad with 3.5-mm-thick Kerlite tiles from Cotto d’Este in a harmonious alternation of three different colours, resulting in an elegant and contemporary effect. At the centre stands the dark wood-effect volume clad with large 3×1 metre Noce (walnut-coloured) slabs from the Forest collection.
For the other two sections, the architects chose the Lithos collection, also from Cotto d’Este, in the contrasting Carbon Soft and Moon Soft colours, the stone texture together with the aesthetics of the rarest marbles creating a unique, sophisticated look.
At the base of the façades, Greige coloured pavers from Panaria Ceramica’s Prime Stone line offer a perfect blend of age-old natural stone and concrete, along with a minimalist touch. The stone-effect Waterfall collection from Lea Ceramiche in the colour Dark Flow and thickness 20 mm was also chosen for the exterior, while the Nextone series in colour Next White and thickness 9.5 mm was used for the interior.
The Concreto concrete-effect collection, created for Lea Ceramiche by designer Fabio Novembre, was chosen in the 6 mm thick Rust version for the kitchen and lounge area. The Kerlite Vanity marble-effect tiles from Cotto d’Este were used in the bathrooms in the contrasting nuances Dark Brown and Bianco Luce, both with a luminous Glossy finish.
