Paradigma Ariadné is a Budapest-based architectural studio that designs extraordinary buildings, installations, and objects. Their designs meet all expected requirements and always include something extra, resulting in a more joyful daily life or a more pleasant environment for the inhabitants or users of the given building or interior space. This is why the office is characterized by an innovative approach to aesthetics, the pursuit of beauty, and the creation of buildings that have a story to tell. The office was founded by Attila Róbert Csóka, Szabolcs Molnár, and Dávid Smiló in 2016.
The office's partners and clients include institutions, corporations, municipalities, and individuals, particularly those seeking innovative ideas and solutions for their architectural tasks or projects that require architectural expertise. Accordingly, the office provides architectural design, editorial, curatorial, and educational services.
Paradigma Ariadné, together with art historian Dániel Kovács, curated the Hungarian Pavilion in 2021 at La Biennale di Venezia, and the office has showcased its work in several exhibitions and international collaborations in Budapest, Venice, Warsaw, Vienna, Ljubljana, Logroño, Dortmund, Milan, Paris, and Ohio in the United States.
Project description in English
In designing Turbine's new office, we aimed to fully leverage the contiguous, flexible office layout. This approach allowed us to break away from traditional square, cellular office designs, emphasizing both functionality and aesthetic appeal with large geometric forms. The visible pillars in the space were treated not as drawbacks but as creative opportunities, each pillar being uniquely highlighted: two with colorful geometric heads, one incorporated into a plush-covered nook, and the fourth transformed into a large illuminated structure.
Turbine, as an experimental startup, welcomed these innovative solutions for their first independent office space. Despite its unconventional layout, the office remains practical, featuring three director’s offices, a continuous open office space, four meeting rooms (with the largest divisible into two), and various smaller spaces like storage rooms.
The free geometric layout promotes transparency and fluidity, creating an undulating continuous space among the closed rooms. This space includes an auditorium, dining area, and additional nooks for work, providing employees with a variety of comfortable options according to their work needs.
The vibrant office spaces contrast with the stark, white lab environments required by Turbine's researchers. These two types of spaces connect through large glass surfaces, allowing the office area to serve as a backdrop for the labs and vice versa. The auditorium overlooks the lab spaces, reinforcing Turbine's mission of finding a cure for cancer.
Interior materials and coverings were used extensively and boldly. Curved aluminum corrugated sheet walls create soft, diffused light throughout the office, while dominant turquoise and coral colors reinforce Turbine's corporate identity. Familiar materials like raw laminated pine plywood, aluminum corrugated sheets, and geometric patterned LVT flooring are used in distinctive ways. The corrugated metal, typically found in rural backyards, becomes prestigious when used on a continuous twenty-meter-long wall in an office. Similarly, the patterned LVT flooring and laminated pine plywood add character to the auditorium and meeting pods.
Overall, the design blends innovative aesthetics with practical functionality, creating a unique and dynamic workspace that continually reminds both employees and visitors of Turbine's ultimate goal: finding a cure for cancer.
