Project Overview
Formula City is a fast-growing developer successfully delivering projects in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Due to team expansion and rebranding, the company relocated to a new multifunctional office aligned with work-life balance and well-being principles.
The approach balances employees’ physical and mental health through thoughtful zoning, ergonomics, lighting, acoustics, and communal areas.
Spatial Organization
Office accommodates 53 employees with potential for growth. Primarily fixed workstations, yet post-relocation even remote-capable staff prefer the office.
Work zones occupy 50%, non-work (multifunctional kitchen-coworking, lounges, cinema, coffee points, cloakroom) — 35%, support — 15%.
Front and back office separation reflects business processes.
Ground floor: reception welcome area, lounge, meeting rooms; client cinema hall with professional acoustics and media system (in collaboration with AudioPiter).
Second floor: main workstations, kitchen-coworking with lounge and sports corner, transformable conference hall. Administrative wing with executive offices, private lounge, and coffee point.
Departments have dedicated offices, but diverse meeting rooms support collaboration — from compact one-on-one to large team spaces, including two client Zoom rooms with enhanced soundproofing.
Design Concept
Architectural interior where forms and materials define the visual language, merging urban context with office functions.
Central element: connecting staircase — minimalist metal structure with thin-sheet cladding; handrail flows into reception desk, echoing brand identity.
Signature feature: brick walls with MUTINA Celosia clinker blocks (Patricia Urquiola design).
Concept integrates urban elements: brick, stone, metal, wood, decorative ceramics; travertine, plants and moss growing through stone surfaces.
Furniture: Russian brands Delo, Artu. Ceramics: Keramark, Italon, Laminam.
Acoustics: Armstrong Optima L Canopy, Optima edge details, Paper Design suspended ceilings, PET-felt panels; cinema — textile-clad specialist acoustic panels.
Lighting
Challenges: low foyer ceiling and large deep-plan areas without daylight.
Special focus on lighting (with Lighthouse): multi-scenario system adaptable to individual preferences.
Main: soft downlights; accents: track spotlights. Dedicated plant grow lights for areas far from natural light.