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Primexis offices in La Défense by CD&B

Hauts-de-Seine, France
Primexis offices in La Défense by CD&B – © CD&B - Briag Courteaux
© CD&B - Briag Courteaux

Within the Tour Pacific in La Défense, the interior design practice CD&B completed the new offices of the accountancy firm Primexis at the end of 2018. Spread over 2,800 m², the premises currently house 300 people.

Primexis offices in La Défense by CD&B – © CD&B - Briag Courteaux
© CD&B - Briag Courteaux

Housing both fixed and mobile staff

The challenge of the project lay in meeting the different working patterns of the employees. The firm has both desk-based staff and staff who work on the move. The CD&B architects therefore designed spaces to suit the different rhythms of use.

Primexis offices in La Défense by CD&B – © CD&B - Briag Courteaux
© CD&B - Briag Courteaux

The spatial response was to punctuate the floor plates with enclosed spaces, namely individual offices and meeting rooms.

Primexis offices in La Défense by CD&B – © CD&B - Briag Courteaux
© CD&B - Briag Courteaux

These porous breaks make it possible to distribute offices, often with rounded forms, in contrast to the rectangular bench desking.

To reinforce this idea of mobility, the architects opted for continuity in the flooring, using a single carpet throughout.

Primexis offices in La Défense by CD&B – © CD&B - Briag Courteaux
© CD&B - Briag Courteaux

Only the enclosed spaces, such as the meeting rooms, have their own wall and floor finishes.

Primexis offices in La Défense by CD&B – © CD&B - Briag Courteaux
© CD&B - Briag Courteaux

The canteen borrows the codes of the family kitchen, extending into relaxation areas in the way a living room connects to a kitchen in a home.

Primexis offices in La Défense by CD&B – © CD&B - Briag Courteaux
© CD&B - Briag Courteaux
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