There are very special projects and this is one of them. Working with friends is always the best. Start together and grow together. Almost 10 years ago we designed the first Plate and today we present its new HQ.
Plate selector is a gastronomy-oriented content creation agency that publishes through its website and social networks. Founded by Alba Yanez, Khaled Abbas and Juan Navaza. Its high growth in recent years created the need for new offices. Having collaborated with them 10 years ago, we embarked on a new adventure with them designing these offices.
CONCEPT
Create offices reflecting the well-being of the workers and an environment where you feel at home, focusing on the most important area of the project, the kitchen. Through the materials, we also talk about the passage of time and the way in which the company has grown and evolved.

ZONES
**Kitchen**
Given the nature of the enterprise, the kitchen stands as the central core of this project, highlighting its fundamental importance. To underline this crucial role, the kitchen has been designed as a true sculpture, with a special focus on its imposing central island. The material chosen for the base of the island, Alicante red marble, creates a striking contrast with the rest of the space, which is dyed in linen tones, thus enhancing this key element.
Thanks to this central island, the kitchen not only becomes a highly functional space, allowing fluid circulation, but also transforms into a meeting point that encourages social interaction. This design not only solves practical needs, but also creates a cozy and social atmosphere, which in turn looks like a piece of art. Combining practicality and beauty in one piece. From this core, the project flows organically, integrating subtle references from the kitchen throughout the space, maintaining an aesthetic and thematic cohesion.

Open Space**
Upon entering the space, we encounter the Open Space, which, thanks to its wide opening and its soft color palette, conveys a feeling of well-being indispensable for the workers. This space is equipped with two large tables that facilitate the performance of daily tasks comfortably and efficiently. At the end of these tables, stands out a cylinder of red Alicante marble integrated into the design, acting as a sculpture and serving as a clear reference to the central space of the kitchen.
To further reinforce this cozy and homely atmosphere, shelves have been designed that display decorative objects, adding a personal and warm touch to the work environment.

**Couch area**
This area has been carefully designed to convey a sense of well-being and encourage social interaction, thanks to the type of furniture chosen and, above all, to its strategic disposition. The Masheb sofa by Architecture G, which can be used as a module, creates a perfect space to rest briefly and have informal conversations. Its design, which plays with geometric solids like triangles and blocks, contrasts with the cylinders of the table, while its light color integrates it perfectly into the space.
In addition, the use of high floors adds an element of freshness and naturalness, turning the area into a revitalizing and pleasant rest area.

Meeting room**
The meeting room is distinguished by the unique shape of its entrance and its colour palette. The two arched doors not only bring a sculptural sense, reminiscent of a work of art, but also provide the necessary privacy for meetings. From the outside, these arches allow a glimpse of the terracotta color of the interior, referring once again to the central element of the kitchen.
This terracotta color not only visually connects with the core of the design, but also creates an intimate and warm atmosphere, ideal for productive and comfortable meetings.

**Bathroom
Like the meeting room, the bathroom features an arched entrance, maintaining the aesthetic cohesion of the design. The terracotta color chosen for the bathroom provides a feeling of comfort and privacy, complemented by warm lighting that turns this space into a comfortable and quiet place.

CONCLUSION
This project places the kitchen in the center, from where all the spaces are connected. Through this space, we seek to reflect the growth and maturity that the company has achieved in these ten years. In addition, the design has been thought to be functional and for the well-being of the workers. This point of color, innovation, elegance and craftsmanship that the marble block gives us invades the rest of the space becoming different elements. A splash of color and texture in the interior of the meeting room and bathrooms, creating a contrast with the rest of the space A splash of color and texture in the interior of the meeting room and bathrooms, creating a contrast with the rest of the space. And some solid marble columns like legs for the work tables. We could say that these are the pieces that stand out and blend in a space that is neutral, serene and very architectural.
It has been a pleasure to collaborate again with Plate Selector on this project.

Team:
Author: Isern Serra
Team leader: Aran Escudero
Carpentry: Fusteria J. Vidal
Craftsman: Barbany Artesans

Photographer: Salva Lopez

Materials Used:

Craft: 
Alicante red marble (kitchen island and pillar of the open space tables) - Barbany 
Kitchen and meeting room tables - Fusteria Vidal 

Furniture:
Meeting room chairs - Gaulinetta by Oscar Tusquets (bd Barcelona)
Sofas - Masheb sofa by Arquitectura-G 
Stainless steel sofa area tables - bd Barcelona 

Lightning: 
Kitchen island lamp - Max Enrich 
Sofa area lamp - Olvidada standing lamp by Pepe Cortés (bd Barcelona)
Alabaster meeting room lamp, bathroom – Siete Formas
Work table lamp – Lluria purchased by Lumens
Linestras – Lumens
Micet lamp on the shelf at Open Space – Oriol Pinell

Props: 
Vase on kitchen shelf and Open Space shelves – Valeria Vasi
Photographs of the bench in the work table area – Nacho Alegre