The visit to the 14 th. Floor provided another idea based exactly on the opposite of the solution encountered.

Being a very restricted access floor it is not deemed necessary to follow the Corporate color scheme. Instead, the decision making floor was treated as it should be: the center of decision and management.

Though the rule for approaching a small area is to use light colors, the ones found proved not to combine in a rich way.

When coming out of the lift, the centre piece – the wood and glass door – was felt not to be sufficiently exalted. The only possible way would be through an interplay of contrasts.

To that end I used the principle of negative reflection, which is achieved through highly polished black marble.

Combined with the rich color of wood it would provide a warm and rich feeling enhanced by the strong black mirror effect and by the use of a wooden floor similar in colour to the door. The ceiling was also upgraded to a very light aluminium grid as used in the Ground Floor to provide not only a light and elegant ceiling but also a discreet but adequate lighting.

Being a very transitory space, I did not feel the need to furnish it, but am convinced that the solution presented is rich and exquisitely elegant.