OFFICE FOR PSN GROUP
February 18, 2018 / All projects, Commercial interiors
To create a working environment in one of the buildings of the former cotton factory, the architects of the ODS Laboratory bureau applied a win-win method - "interior within interior", integrating modern planning solutions into the existing historical environment
PSN Group (CJSC Promsvyaznedvizhimost) is one of the largest private Russian companies specializing in the management, operation of real estate and development. The company placed its new headquarters on the 1st floor of one of the buildings of the E. Tsindel cotton factory, built at the end of the XIX century. The architects were faced with the task of combining modern office space with its advanced technologies and functional areas with the simplicity of the constructive thought of the century before last, embodied in brick, concrete and metal.
In a headquarters designed for more than 250 employees, every meter had to be taken into account. Moreover, the already established interactions between PSN Group divisions left their imprint on the formation of zones and departments
PSN Group (CJSC Promsvyaznedvizhimost) is one of the largest private Russian companies specializing in the management, operation of real estate and development. The company placed its new headquarters on the 1st floor of one of the buildings of the E. Tsindel cotton factory, built at the end of the XIX century. The architects were faced with the task of combining modern office space with its advanced technologies and functional areas with the simplicity of the constructive thought of the century before last, embodied in brick, concrete and metal.
In a headquarters designed for more than 250 employees, every meter had to be taken into account. Moreover, the already established interactions between PSN Group divisions left their imprint on the formation of zones and departments
The head of the ODS Laboratory, architect Anton Petrov: One of the difficulties of the project was that while the new office was being built, the company continued to grow, it had new divisions. The other was related to the age of the building: the windows were blocked, the fittings sticking out of the walls, the walls restored with modern bricks did not decorate the interior. And for work, a "clean" space was needed. We decided not to retouch these shortcomings, but to show them as elements of the history of the building, so the asymmetrical grid of columns got into meeting rooms, offices and corridors, without any rhythm, which only increased the effect of adaptation to the situation that has developed over time. The exterior walls of the VIP zone, unlike the open space, were not subject to repair, in order to withstand the general plan, the dilapidated walls with salt protruding on the brick were lined with clinker brick.
Anton Petrov