Deloitte

Deloitte Hungary is aiming to expand and renew its office space in the Park Atrium building.Following a major renovation in 2015, the global firm, which employs a total of 850 people in Hungary, will add new units in 2021. The 3,000 sqm expansion, which will take a year and a half to complete, was designed and built in three phases by the DVM group team, covering the following areas:

Phase 1: 4th floor office and community spaces on 1.377 m2

Phase 2: ground floor office space of 1,200 m2

Phase 3: development of a 470 m2 Green Room on the 7th floor.

The interior design concept, built on Deloitte’s brand values, is based on high quality, contemporary spirit, people-friendliness and user-friendly design. The brand elements are an integral part of the design, mixed with light woods and the fragmented bluish-green colours found in nature. The circular motif, which is linked to the company’s image, is present in the spaces in a direct way, through artwork and abstracted, and is also reflected in the basic elements of the internal signage.

The design ideas were developed along three main lines:

Human & Natural – Using biophilia and timeless design, the aim was to express a holistic approach and an emotional connection to the environment through natural materials.

Clear & Global – To express global brand values, the play of natural light and the use of bright colours combined with a clean and focused design.

Confident & Local – Implementing supportive spaces that reflect local values and diversity of working practices.

The design work started with the DVM group’s proprietary workplace design methodology (DVM Discovery – Workplace strategy), which involved interviews to identify the needs of each of Deloitte’s departments. As a result, the need for a more elegant space on the 4th floor and a more relaxed space on the ground floor emerged, reflecting the needs and working styles of the employees.

The third phase of the office design involved the reimagining of the office space on the seventh floor of the Park Atrium B2 core. This floor is home to the consultancy’s experimental space, Deloitte Green House, which seeks to answer the technological, automation and sustainability questions of the future. The Deloitte Green Room offers tailored solutions to the toughest business challenges, using methodologies from behavioural science, design thinking and strategy planning.

Functionally, the space is divided into three main areas. The large Studio in the centre opposite the entrance, the spacious Open Office, and the War Room for project meetings and negotiations. These three functions are complemented by an open-plan kitchen and café area, a kitchen island with spectacular greenery in the middle, and a Game Room to relieve stress at work. The studio’s set design, together with the elegant environment for professional guests, visually evokes the warm interior of a café. On the back wall, the brand is only subtly echoed, with the blue colour of the ribbed front, the green plants incorporated into the backdrop and the circle as a Deloitte symbol forming a unity and conveying the strong message described above to the viewers following the events via cameras. The back wall design takes into account the company’s request to be interchangeable by season/theme/invitee, and with this in mind, special detachable joints were used for the front panels and shelving structure.