Prize(s) Honorable Mentions
Company Licht Kunst Licht AG
Lead Designers Daria Olejniczak
Other Designer's names Malte Simon, Jasmin Hindi (both formerly LKL)
Client MOL Group, Budapest
Photo Credits HGEsch
Other Credits Architects (design): Foster + Partners, London / Interior designers: Kinzo, Berlin
Completion Date 8 December, 2022
Project Location Budapest, Hungary
Entry DescriptionAt the end of 2022 MOL has consolidated its local corporate locations into one campus building in Budapest. The striking design, created by Foster + Partners, has resulted in a unique building that houses a food court and cafés, a gym with spa area, and a conference center as well as providing numerous other facilities for employees on the lower floors. The upper floors, up to the 27th story, feature flexible-use workspaces connected by the recurring element of a lush indoor greenery. With a total area of 86,000 square meters, a state-of-the-art campus flooded with daylight has been created in collaboration with the local architecture studio Finta and the team from Kinzo Berlin, serving as a social catalyst and offering an attractive space for collaboration, creativity, relaxation and inspiration for up to 2,500 employees. With innovative and integrated lighting solutions for the office spaces and representative areas, the lighting designers prove that flexible and diverse user requirements are compatible with a functional, yet atmospheric lighting concept. At night, the facades play with the artificial light in the interior spaces, and through the generous glazing, passers-by take in the underside view of the graphically designed ceilings. The structure of the building and the communicative environment on the office floors become visible.
Sustainability ApproachSustainability and environmental protection are integral components of MOL‘s corporate philosophy. In line with the 2030+ sustainability strategy, the LED based lighting design will achieve the energy requirements of the LEED Platinum and Breeam excellent building certifications. Sensationally low connected loads of 3 W/sqm in the office spaces through the use of highly efficient luminaires, motion-based controls in selected areas and a comprehensive daylight design enable a positive sustainability performance.
