EH Upgrade

10 years after the interior design of the entrance lobby of the Europe House building, we were asked to imagine a facelift that would refresh the image of this space and implicitly of the entire building.

We convinced the owner not to replace everything, but to keep and recondition part of the finishes of the original project. Thus, we managed to give a new life to the sheet metal ceiling, also designed by us and executed in 2011, keeping the positions and shapes cut in the ceiling both for the double reception in the shape of „X” and for the circular „O” waiting area, now transformed into a central bar. The work with perforated sheets allowed us to model minimal outlines, but which would gain depth through the existence of backlights: the cleanliness of the obtained space is enriched by the simplicity of its detailing.

So, 10 years after its implementation, the original project reinvented its main qualities in the form of a new design.

Project selected for Romanian Design Week main exhibition, 2023.

Architectural design: REPUBLIC OF ARCHITECTS / Emil Burbea-Milescu, Cristian Nae, Radu Tudor Ponta, Oana Iacob, Alexandra Zăgan
Structural engineering: AXII DESIGN STUDIO / Adrian Nicolescu
Metalwork: ADAX SOLUTIONS / Florin Caparu
Furnishings: THETA / Cristian Nistor
Builder: TDG CONSTRUCT / Dan Tudor
Project Management: BSS / Dragoş Bădulescu
Photography: Andrei Mărgulescu

Location: Bucharest
Years: 2019-2022

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