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This is us: How did our showroom arise and grow

We needed to settle after several times of moving. For a year you can find us in the old printer's industrial premises.

3. 7. 2017

 On Cintorínska street, which many Bratislavans know thanks to the busy stop at Rajská next Kamenné square, stands the BACC (Bratislava city center).

At first glance, this inconspicuous building has a surprisingly historic value. They built it in 1930s and have undergone extensive reconstruction since then. Thanks to good maintenance, it is now in remarkable condition and you can find there Petit press, Astra Zeneca and Korean Chamber of Commerce.

 

How has Spaceplan found home

After multiple moving, it was clear that we needed our own residence, which we would have designed according to our own expectations and fulfilled certain criteria of use.

The problem was that despite the rich industrial history of Bratislava it was not easy to find a particular space because the Communists of many historic buildings at the time of their office simply pulled down or changed to unrecognizable.

However, we randomly stumbled upon building on the Cintorínska street, and the space where the old printers used to reside. This meant high ceilings and spacious functional zone. And it was deleted.

 

Scope and course of realization: pulling down, pulling down, pulling down

What we see today is not even at most daring guessing doesn´t look like what we saw when we started building works. This place was rented by dental ambulance before and it was a typical office space with a standard cassette ceiling.

In order to get at least to half way to the desired result, we had to completely remove all the air-conditioning, wiring and dismantle all partitions, remove old toilets and the kitchen.

Perhaps the toughest nut was removal of ceiling plaster, which lasted for an unbelievable four weeks. We did this work at night and over weekends, but there was quite a lot complains about the noise...

 

 Final inspection is coming soon

When we got through phase of pulling down, we got to built metal construction that was specially built for our premises.

8 tons of iron in anthracite RAL has a purpose to create mezzanine, that came into existence thanks to 6 meter high ceiling which enabled use potential of space.

Then there were only walls, paintings, floor laying and details and we could move in.

 

Showroom that lives

We live in this creative, non-standard space over year that has a usable area of ​​more than 300 square meters. Behind the design is our team of architects and CEO, Ladislav Vilner. We can proudly say that this project itself speaks about technical and design capabilities of our team.

The goal was to create a non-standard space that would be used for several purposes. Of course, it was primarily used as a classical office with focus zones.

 

We also created a space with one closed formal meeting room and thanks furniture from our suppliers we created several collaborative and informal meetings zones. All thanks to good spaceplan and furniture.

Another purpose is to use the space as a showroom. That is why we created a mezzanine that expands functional area and provide more room for ever-increasing furniture news.

 

Three of the most important belongs using space for organizing worshop events and trainings for professional public. We want showroom not to be like an expensive clothing store that is a symbol of exclusivity and limited traffic, but to have as a lively and dynamic space open to people who are in contact with in interior design, furniture and architecture.

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One time we thought we'd hang up some vintage bike to the ceiling. Even though we are not the hipsters body or soul, we have one thing in common - we have respect for what is old and good, and at the same time we like the current functional design.

Right because this and many other reasons , we have created an industrial showroom where are prevalent white and earthy tones. Contrast to industrial are three green walls maked-up by different types of mosses and plants, which rouse desired feeling of nature.

 

It is also important to note that in terms of aesthetics, our products can be presented in more interesting way in this type of space. Standard offices are classic.

That is why we created a timeless space where we preserved its original character and created a new place to live in it; we respect the old architecture and design, and we bring that contemporary and connecting „hard“ materials and colors with natural ones.

We are glad that after all hard work , have found place that represents us. We will be happy to meet you in our showroome for a cup of good coffee and interesting discussion or at some of the planned worshop. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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