Cuatrecasas Lisbon

The main feature of the interior design project is to respond, from a more contemporary point of view, to the new ways of working and living in spaces, generating a dynamic and peaceful environment while ensuring the comfort, safety and well-being of employees.

Compositionally, all the levels of the building in Lisbon are divided into two areas, separated by a central core with vertical communications. The first two levels are anchored by a sculptural copper-clad helical staircase, inspired by the shape of a corkscrew. The staircase leads to the first floor where we find a multi-purpose space, or foyer, and the auditorium. This emblematic space has with 140 seats and acts also as a hall open to the community and the exchange of knowledge.
The programme includes a restaurant, a gymnasium with activity rooms, a training room and large terraces, as well as seven floors with offices and meeting rooms. Another emblematic space in the Cuatrecasas headquarters in Lisbon is the library, which is connected to the training room. Architecturally integrated in a contemporary space that combines the firm's history, represented by books, with a training room that stands out for its technology, it is the reinterpretation of the classic concept of the library, an introverted and closed place, in a dynamic and transparent open space.

The interior partitions of the offices create a sense of transparency and visual tension between the workspaces and the two sides of the building, towards the Edward VII Park and the Tagus. Constructed with transparent glass to let in light and views, the space generates a dynamic and bold contrast with the screens between the workspaces, which take advantage of the existing structure and protect privacy.