BALCON Office, Moscow

The space is located on Valovaya Street, in the historic house where the famous printing house of Sytin was located before the revolution. To create a dream office — such a task was faced by the designers of the BALCON studio. They tried to take into account all the wishes of the team that accumulated while working in the previous office: spacious meeting rooms, a separate room with materials for the procurement department, places to relax and a large kitchen-dining room.

The designers decided to keep in touch with the past and left the brickwork open in some places, and also beat historical cast—iron columns in the modern interior – they can be seen in archival photographs. The main accent was the original vaulted ceiling, which the designers covered with scarlet paint. The team loved this color so much that now it seems it can be called the signature color of BALCON. The office is designed for one hundred people. A large meeting room was made of tinted glass and a glass porthole was added to preserve the sense of unity of the space. The team also organized an open-space, where the workplaces of commercial and private design departments, procurement, fit-out, marketing & public relations are located. Separate offices were provided for top managers in the far part of the office.