This ‘groovy’ new Paris office of a creative agency unique design features a chic indoor swimming pool. It is meant to convey “the Italian way of living.”
The following written content by Alia Akkam
Tired of their Paris apartments, colleagues at the creative agency Al Dente were recently delighted to find refuge in the company’s fashionable new headquarters. (And while the city is now under its latest lockdown order, they are no doubt eager to return.) Why? The nearly 3,800-square-foot space, which brims with boutique hotel vibes, hints at a future of fluid, lifestyle-centric workplaces. And notably, it includes a very chic in-office pool.
Al Dente was founded in 2004 by Rome native Patrizio Miceli, who has amassed a client roster of luxury brands such as Boucheron, Louis Vuitton, and Emilio Pucci. As his Paris team continued to grow, Miceli realized the need to decamp to a more fitting location. He found just the place, in the form of two floors in the 10th arrondissement. “I like to do things organically and I wanted to keep an element of humanity,” he tells AD PRO. At the same time, he was keen for Al Dente’s new look to convey “the Italian way of living, to bring that emotion, coolness, and cultural aura to Paris.”
For this multipronged mission, Miceli sought out local architect and designer Hadrien Breitenbach, who recently struck out on his own after years at Christian Liaigre. “Patrizio had a vision for the office that was quite particular. He wanted to change the idea of community,” says Breitenbach. Together, the two hatched an experimental layout that melds Miceli’s desire for “Roman attitude” with Breitenbach’s flair for the contemporary. At the entrance, staff, clients, and visitors are welcomed into an airy, transporting patio lounge with a creamy vintage Italian sofa and mirrored coffee table. Abundant with greenery and crowned with a glass roof, “it’s something special to see with all that natural light against the white walls,” says Breitenbach. Read more from AD.
