Ochnik Development builds luxury residential property in Warsaw. Its new office occupies a building the company had just completed itself - which set an unusual condition for the design. The space had to work as a workplace and, at the same time, as the most persuasive possible argument for what the developer sells.
Beyond the entrance, where the reception and the client meeting rooms sit, the interior holds the management and staff areas. The unusual decision was to finish all of it to the same standard. The parts clients never see are built exactly like the parts they do, on the reasoning that a company selling craftsmanship cannot credibly stop caring once the door closes.
The palette is deliberately restrained: beige, Balkan walnut, black, white and brass. Vescom wallpapers, Dunin mosaics and Ege carpets, with detailing worked out at a level closer to residential than commercial practice. Alongside the meeting rooms and coffee points are acoustic rooms designed for online calls - the practical requirement that most "elegant" offices forget.
A set of vintage lounge chairs was brought over from the previous office. They were good, so we kept them, and they sit comfortably against the new work.
The result reads more like a prestigious apartment than a workplace, which is what the client asked for and what the business needed.
