ArchShowcase Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Oschadbank VIP Office in Kyiv, Ukraine by Sergey Makhno ArchitectsOctober 12th, 2020 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Sergey Makhno Architects Oschadbank is the national bank of Ukraine whose a strategic statement sounds as “My bank. My country”. Sergey Makhno Architects challenge was to transmit Ukrainian authenticity and culture, but did away from a strictness that financial institutions used to have. Design studio wanted to make the bank human and welcome to people.
Sergey Makhno Architects developed a non-standard concept ‘bank as a gallery’. It’s contemporary office design based on paintings, sculptures, art decor, and lighting. Studio’s proud is handmade lamps that it created and produced for the interior. Like in a gallery, the bank ‘expositions’ can change. No strict bindings to the elements, but to the art itself. “We started with art and finished with art. But we didn’t think about art when we’re working. We thought about things to match a philosophy of a future place” Sergey Makhno, a founder of the contemporary Ukrainian design workshop. Due to the materials concrete, wood, marble the interior is wrapped by a natural envelope. Different textures and combinations allowed to create a more inspiring and comfortable work environment. In addition to this, Sergey Makhno Architects preserved the inner skeleton of the building. For example, integrated old columns in. The walls were chosen as accents from tactile pleasant whimsical 3D panels to plant-covered green walls that extend from an entrance to workstations and hid a cabinet system in the hall. In a meeting room studio decorated the walls with wooden panels showing patterns repeating Ukrainian embroidery. The national idea is also represented by decorative pottery one of the Ukrainian signs that came from the Tripoli time. Sergey Makhno Architects wanted to provide workers with flexible working places and encourage a dynamic and collaborative workspace. “People are always looking for interactions. The modular furniture components can be mixed and moved around which offers multiple combinations.”Sergey Makhno. Sergey Makhno Architects brought art into the bank office. It resembles a gallery, but very ‘human’. Every tiny detail is made to be comfortable for everyone bank workers and clients. Contact Sergey Makhno Architects
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