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Classicism and contemporary minimalism in Ludoil Energy presidential offices by De.Tales
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Ludoil Energy presidential offices, Milan, Italy, De.Tales
Image copyright: @Helenio Barbetta
Ludoil Energy presidential offices, Milan, Italy, De.Tales
Image copyright: @Helenio Barbetta
Ludoil Energy presidential offices, Milan, Italy, De.Tales
Image copyright: @Helenio Barbetta
Ludoil Energy presidential offices, Milan, Italy, De.Tales
Image copyright: @Helenio Barbetta
The articulation of the spaces reproduces early 20th-century Milanese interiors, with compositional paradigms typical of the era. Thus, we find patterned parquet, walnut walls, natural stones, marbles, and glasses, with distinctive ribbed finishes. The suggestion created by the semi-transparencies of the glass is also peculiar, allowing natural light to flow inside while maintaining a sense of privacy. The bourgeois residential atmosphere is also felt in the reception area, created on the model of large Milanese entrances, with custom-designed sculptural elements. Finally, the corridor, the main axis and distribution element from which the different areas branch off, was designed on the model of an art gallery.
The common areas and offices are distributed according to a rhythm between closed or open places, determining the dynamism of the whole. In addition, a specific choice of furniture goes in the direction of a private residence, in a hybrid model that well expresses the contemporary need to perceive workspaces as places of comfort: “Working becomes inhabiting, within the Ludoil presidential offices: the compositional approach to the project, inspired by residential but destined for the office context, has defined the genetics of the spaces by enhancing the style and sobriety of Milan and its interiors, but also the dynamism of a major energy group in Italy” explained Igor Rebosio and Giuseppe Varsavia, respectively Design Director and Managing Director of De.Tales. As for the colour palette, in addition to the aforementioned blue, the exterior areas and interior decor favour green, highlighting the company’s sustainable component.