Haldia Petrolchemicals
Head Office
Design & Built, Cancelled
Proudly designed at Ultraconfidentiel Design
Originally a hotel, the space was converted into an office that focuses
its design on the reinterpretation
of Bengali archetype,
such as courtyard and use of terracotta
Location
Kolkata, India
Year
2019
Size
2882 mq
The success achieved with the Regional Office in Mumbai has renewed the client’s trust in the team, raising expectations and challenges for us. Unlike other offices previously designed, in the Head Office, workstations are absent, as it is the heart and operational brain, and the space is used solely for management. The space, although it seems rigid due to the constancy of its quadrature, is actually an open space that breathes, due to its multiple openings.
The space, converted into an office, is characterized by different difficulties: multitude of shafts and lack of height in elevation. The layout design consequently sought to “hide” all these imperfections, through the contrast between inside and outside.
Private, semi-public and courtyard have a specific look & feel. The atrium, for example, is characterized by high concrete and inlay brass detail platforms, and BoConcept and Vitra furniture for sleek details. To provide privacy and refreshment, bamboo plants and a Borosil installation hanging from the ceiling.
Semi-public spaces have similarities with the atrium: wood, green (fabric), and sleek black details, for a refined and minimal space. Private spaces like Boardroom and CEO Cabin, seek a more welcoming and warm language: leather furniture, extreme use of brass and minimal use of dark shades.
Client
Confidential
The use of terracotta, typical in West Bengal, has been reinterpreted in a premium and contemporary way, through bricks partitions in charcoal grey -naturally double baked- and through terracotta plaster,
in natural conglomerates, with which it was possible get different patterns along the space,
recalling Bengali decorativism
