The open-plan concept for the lobby of KPMG consists of reception, a lounge, a room in which to meet people and a conference zone. The reception becomes the interface between the visitor and host. In place of an unfriendly counter, there is a table in the middle of the room serving as a business center, with internet access, stationery and chargers for mobile communications devices, which both visitors and reception staff may use.
Client | KPMG |
Location | Cologne, Frankfurt, Germany, New Castle, UK |
Project-Team | Prof. Bernhard Franken, Cathrin Loose, Berthold Scharrer, Florian Götze |
Status | Completed 2008 |
Dimension | 3.000-3.500 m2 |
Rituals create both movement
and meaning in spaces, as with the liturgy and the theatre, linking the real to the abstract. Ritual is the means of inflecting the sublime and the ethereal into a narrative.