ΚΑΛΑΜΑΡΑΚΗΣ (KSA) - HEADQUARTER OFFICE BUILDING

Complete architectural design for the transformation of office spaces within the headquarters building of Kalamarakis Automation company in Athens.

- The project is currently in progress.

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The architectural proposal is based on a balance between the industrial identity of the existing shell and a cleaner, more contemporary workplace image. The exposed Tsélner-type ceiling, metal grilles, red brick and glass surfaces preserve the memory of the building, while the new interventions introduce greater clarity, warmth and functional organisation.

Lighting is treated as a key compositional element. Linear fixtures, concealed lighting, illuminated recesses and perimeter light details reinforce the rhythm of the space and highlight selected areas, such as the reception, the central meeting room and the collaboration zones.
 

CMF — Materiality & Finishes
The material approach was shaped by the existing shell and the real constraints of the space. The red brick, already present in the building and a defining element of its overall identity, was retained as a key material reference. This choice was not treated as a limitation, but as a starting point for the new material language of the renovation.

The intervention concerns the ground floor, where the company’s main administrative functions are concentrated. Supporting functions, technical departments, logistics and more specialised work areas are relocated to the upper level. The new organisation of the ground floor required greater clarity, improved functional flow and a more coherent image for reception and work.

Due to the limited height of the existing space, interventions to the ceiling and floor had to remain controlled. For this reason, the proposal was based on simple but precise gestures: 60×60 floor tiles with thin joints, white surfaces, glazed partitions, wooden filters and local suspended plasterboard ceiling zones.

The new ceilings act as light spatial interventions. They create small changes in level, integrate concealed lighting and help define individual areas without closing the space. In this way, lighting becomes a tool for spatial reading, rather than merely a technical element.

The palette combines the existing red brick with light oak, glass, concrete, white surfaces and metal elements in olive green. The contrast between the industrial background and the cleaner new interventions creates a contemporary, functional and human working environment, without erasing the memory of the building.