The design concept, “Highlighted Workplace”, came from a direct question: in a working environment where pace is constant, how do you design for both connection and concentration? We organised each floor around alternating highlighted zones like spaces for contact, communication and collaboration and set against quieter areas dedicated to focus and individual work. These act as anchors across the floors, giving each space rhythm and legibility without sacrificing flexibility.
The strategy was shaped through direct work with BNP Paribas employees, mapping real routines and working patterns before any design decision was made. A soft and light material language runs consistently throughout: organic materials, a palette of neutral tones with terracotta accents, warm wood and natural textures from floor to floor.
The workplace floors accommodate flexible open-plan workstations, meeting rooms, silent pods and phone booths for focused work, and flexible rooms that reconfigure between training sessions, large assemblies and open working formats. At the centre of each floor, a Floor Hub provides an informal gathering point: a space that sits between the desk and the meeting room and gives each level its own social anchor.
The social life of the building is concentrated on dedicated floors in each building. The cafeteria levels were designed as more than a place to eat. They are spaces where people slow down, step away from the rhythm of the desk and come together informally. Each brings together hot meals, self-catering areas and a lounge zone, with a material look and feel that shifts register from the workplace floors above.
At the top of Aura, the eleventh floor belongs entirely to events and visitors. A multipurpose event area, fine dining space, bar, boardroom, meeting rooms and an accessible panoramic terrace make this the floor where the building turns outward: towards clients, partners and the wider life of the organisation.
Lumnia connects the two office buildings and houses the shared facilities for the entire campus. The auditorium complex with its main hall, foyer and visitors lounge, was designed with sober lines and noble materials: a space built to feel expectant, warm and ready.
Alongside it, the Portugal Lab is a fully configurable ground-floor space that adapts between a work lounge, meeting rooms and a large multipurpose assembly format, serving the needs of a campus that is always in motion.
A workplace with rhythm. Spaces that breathe between the noise and the quiet, between the meeting and the moment of thinking alone. This is not a temporary address. It is a long-term commitment: to Lisbon, to the people who work here, and to the way work itself is changing.
