Design Feature
Designing the ground and first floors of Caisse Desjardins Sainte-Foy
Hatem + D Architecture teams up with Coarchitecture to bring light to the office located at Sainte-Foy, Québec City, Canada / Photos by Alexandre Guilbeault
WHILE COMING up with the design for an office space on the ground and first floors of the new Caisse Desjardins de Sainte-Foy in Québec City, Canada, Hatem + D collaborated with Coarchitecture. The goal of the project was to create the interior design and the signages around the office.
To allow in lots of natural light and to give the impression of wide open spaces, clear and neutral colours were used. Windows and glass panels were also used as much as possible.
Remaining true to the Desjardins brand, green was added to all the signages, which are sleek and highly visible to visitors. The waiting areas for customer service and the bay windows that separated the office space from hallways were designed to provide maximum lighting. Moreover, the way the office space was divided improved communication with clients and created a more harmonious work environment for the office staffs. Partition panels were covered with light-coloured adhesive film to provide a certain degree of intimacy. The furniture selected for the client were comfortable and featured minimalist lines – all while adding to the transparency and openness of the areas.
In addition, films for visual projections were affixed to the walls to enhance the customer experience. Apart from these mural projections, the offices included black and white photographs of symbolic landmarks in Sainte-Foy; these pictures were selected to increase clients’ sense of belonging to the Caisse Desjardins de Sainte-Foy. �
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