Studio Banana, S.L.

Losinger Marazzi’s Offices

Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
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LOSINGER MARAZZI’S OFFICES

Studio Banana

ARCHITECTS
Studio Banana

DESIGN TEAM
Susanne Schneider, Thibault Gruaz

ENGINEERING
Losinger Marazzi

MANUFACTURERS
Zumtobel, Akaba, Andreu World, Regent, USM, Abstracta, Autodesk, McNeel

CLIENT MANAGER
Maria Pulido

CLIENTS
Losinger Marazzi

PHOTOGRAPHER
Ruben P. Béscos

AREA
3000.0 m2

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Crissier, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Offices Interiors

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Working as developers, builders, and managers, Losinger Marazzi is a global actor in the real-estate industry.

Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices

As part of their “2020 Vision” focused on urban regeneration and smart cities, they challenged Studio Banana to design a new home for their Lausanne regional agency in the Oassis neighbourhood they developed and built in the town of Crissier.

The result is a workspace that communicates their strengths and capabilities, reinforcing company culture internally and helping them to transform from builders into co-creators of built environments.

Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices

The honesty of construction within the space showcases their capabilities to potential clients and collaborators; while the thoughtful distribution of teams and the strategically designed catalyst spaces break silos and create connections between departments to boost collaborative thinking and interaction.

In order to enhance internal connectivity between teams spread across three floors, and to facilitate ease movement between them, circulation became a major strategic driver in how we arranged the space.

Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices

We accomplished this with features like the two panoramic staircases perched in the building’s spectacular atrium, which we installed so that employees wouldn’t have to use the building’s shared stairwells and elevators and thus be forced to scan into each floor separately.

Because authenticity is as much about the process as the final product, we at Studio Banana imagined a space where elements of construction were put on display, rather than hidden.

Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices

Utilising traditional building materials in innovative ways, exposed brick and wood slats were used to create unique fixtures

Interiors to communicate an honesty in construction that pushes beyond the conventional and directly connects to Losinger Marazzi's identity and values.

Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices

Besides this, as a homage to Losinger Marazzi’s traditional core business of construction, a shipping container was installed in the center of their project space.

Losinger Marazzi’s engineering and construction capacity, paired with Studio Banana’s maverick attitude and ability to push beyond the expected, represents a true partnership.

Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos

With each side contributing their expertise and extensive experience, the final result is a space that strengthens knowledge sharing within a large, varied company and that reflects its culture and history in every detail.

Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos


Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos


Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
© Ruben P. Béscos
Losinger Marazzi’s Offices


Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
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Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
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Losinger Marazzi’s Offices
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Studio Banana, S.L.
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