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Project
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Von Essen Bank |
Location
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Stuttgart |
| Industry |
Bank industry
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Project type
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Realisation of new design concept |
| Customer |
Von Essen Bankgesellschaft, Essen |
| Services performed |
Technical development
Production
Subcontracting services
- Construction management
- Drywall installation
- Flooring
Assembly
Logistics
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| Manufactured elements |
Exclusive Counter unit
Service counters with frosted partition walls
Cupboards
Ceiling lightings
Conference room
Display window
Waiting area |
| Planning and construction phase |
8 months
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About the project
Upon entering the building observers are immediately struck by the “centrepiece” of the branch – the service counter. The high-quality back wall consists of criss-cross walnut veining offset by stainless steel lenses.
Fiat Lux
For the interior special attention was attached to a balanced lighting concept. Since daylight can be used as a natural light source on the one hand but the bank interior was to be discreetly shielded from the pedestrian zone, on the other, a large-format string curtain was incorporated to provide privacy. Highlights include the lighting ducts that run flush with the curved ceiling elements, circular ceiling luminaires and targeted ceiling spotlights as well as pendant luminaires above the clerks’ workstations that not only serve as task lights for working planes but also emit indirect light onto the ceiling.
Individual Clerk Stations
Thanks to height-adjustable tabletops workstations can be individually adjusted to each clerk’s needs. The fact that functional does not equal boring is proven by the ergonomic seating in colourful aqua tones. The clerks’ desks are shielded from the entrance area by frosted glass partition walls, which makes for both privacy for counselling situations and an airy and open-plan layout at the same time.
Walking up the circular staircase to the first floor, a spacious gallery opens up connecting to further separate rooms and a light-flooded conference room. The latter not being accessible through a conventional door – to make optimal use of the space available built-in cabinets were installed here as room partitioning forming the entrance concourse to the room in conjunction with a white wallboard. The practical side effect here is that the back wall can be used as a projection surface for overhead projectors or as a whiteboard. |
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Von Essen Bank