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Entwurf • Design Seven Elohim, München
Bauherr • Client Martin et Karczinski GmbH
Standort • Location Gabrielenstraße 9, München
Nutzfläche • Floor space 2.500 m 2
Fotos • Photos Oliver Jaist, IT-Vahrn
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MARTIN ET KARCZINSKI

AGENCY IN MUNICH

The Martin et Karczinski agency had to move only for
reasons of space. Leaving the existing premises was not
done gladly. Finding an adequate replacement was the-
refore not an easy task for the designers from the Seven
Elohim studio. The result is an ambience that shows a de-
finite attitude and allows space for creative development.
No doubt the pain on parting will here soon be forgotten.

T he Martin et Karczinski agency for brand strategy, corporate identity
and design develops the appearance of major well-known compa-
nies such as Lufthansa, Occhio and Gaggenau. When the Munich office
had become too cramped, with a heavy heart Peter Martin set out on the
search of new premises. He found them at the periphery of Maxvorstadt.
What he discovered was an, at first glance, little attractive looking
functional building from the 1960s which was put up for rent. The foun-
der of the agency commissioned the planners from Seven Elohim with
the design of the area measuring 2,500 square metres spread out over
four floors. In their work, the architect Florian Dressler and the designer
Grundriss 2. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +2 Grundriss 3. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +3 Mela Gruber combine architecture and design with spirituality. And this
is exactly what the client wanted: A monastic looking kind of architecture
where deceleration happens quite naturally. The designers only saw a
chance for reaching this goal in the rooms in question once the striking
ribbed-concrete structure appeared underneath the suspended ceiling.
The exposed, unfinished structure of the ceiling today forms the atmo-
spheric frame in the multilayered working world. Custom-made furniture
of just a few materials such as natural stone, wood and linen produce a
puristic ambience that communicates a pleasant feeling in all the areas.
The entrance level on the first upper floor not only has the reception but
is also the central meeting point of the approximately 90 employees.
This is where the large coffee machine stands, where conferences take
place and where cooking is jointly done in the large, elegant kitchen of
black steel – as a confidence-building activity sometimes also readily to-
gether with clients. Closed rooms have been foregone, transparent glass
partitions produce zones on the surface and bring daylight into all the
areas. On the two floors above are the workstations. Along a central aisle
are six stations arranged on each side with solid wooden desks. Between
them, added wooden cubes covered with fabric function as room parti-
tions as well as storage room, shelves and a seating niche. In contrast,
the uppermost floor has been designed with the flair of a penthouse. It
Grundriss 4. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +4 Grundriss 5. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +5 is reserved for the agency owner and VIP clients.

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