WE ARE MINUSPLUS Minusplus is an independent, 20-person architecture and design studio based in Budapest. We provide sustainable and innovative design solutions. We are sentient human beings, we love harmony and beauty. Our interest is faithfully reflected in the diversity of our works. We enjoy what we do, and this is clearly visible in our buildings as well. Our plans are surrounded by continuous professional interest, our buildings are regularly published and rewarded with prizes. WE CREATE INSPIRATIONAL SPACES The main ambition of our team is to design buildings that encourage the activities within them. We explore new contexts and re-interpret the relationship of spaces and their habitants. We believe this makes the world around us a better place. WE ARE CURIOUS Our method is discovery: we create the setpoints of the plan from the analysis and interpretation of the given situation. We dare to ask and search for new solutions, for this we systematically research architecture and develop our own capabilities. We are convinced that the question is the most important driving force that starts a change. WE COOPERATE Our working method is receptive, therefore our architectural responses are various and colorful. We believe that harmonizing different approaches will advance our world and build our environment. WE MAKE IT HAPPEN We stand with two feet on the ground: our ideas are innovators, but we always work out ways to make them feasible.

The industrial hall was built in the 1960s, using poor-quality building materials, that were available at the time. Despite this, its original designer was not satisfied with the simple framing of the minimally demanding function, but instead created a truly special building with a waving roof. Our client found the house in a dilapidated condition, burdened by an extension from the 80s. Starting from this difficult but clear situation, we planned the transformation of the building. From its condition at the time of discovery, we cleaned the extensions and the entire interior from the 80s. In place of this, we designed a new office space that has started a dialogue with the industrial environment and the layers of the different ages and qualities. In the interior design our foremost desire was to show the original hall from the offices’ central community space as much as possible. Therefore, this space was enclosed in a greenhouse, through whose interior facades and triple glass roof one can see the undulating shape of the roof and the original hall lit by wire glass window inserts. We changed the exterior only to the extent necessary for the new operations, we continued the rhythm of the window divisions of the 80s along the office spaces, and we marked the main entrance with a prominent canopy. Entering the building, one reaches the greenhouse, the main communal and distribution space of the interior. From this open forum, we reach the meeting rooms of external partners, the dining room overlooking the hall and the main boardroom. All of this is approached through giant steps, an auditorium-style tiered seating space, which is the most important stage of daily informal meetings. In the two-story interior interwoven with rich spatial connections, we designed the office spaces with vivid colors, raw concrete, metal sheet and wooden surfaces, as well as custom-designed and -made interior elements such as shelving systems, acoustics absorbers and lighting fixtures. The unique interior design elements resonating to the brand of the client, an infrastructure construction company, are thus not only in dialogue with the existing building, but also support efficient work with their smart solutions.