Project Specs Ofita, Madrid Madrid, Spain King & Miranda Design << Return to article the People Architect King & Miranda Design Via Savona 97 Milan 20144 Italy Phone: +39 02 48953851 Fax: +39 02 47711872 www.kingmiranda.com Caroline King, project architect Registered architect both in the United Kingdom (ARB) and in Italy (Ordine degli Architetti di Milano) Interior designer: King & Miranda Design Consultant(s) Lighting: King & Miranda Design Acoustical: King & Miranda Design General contractor: Ofita Special realizations (i.e. gold ceiling in meeting rooms) by: Iniciativas y Exposiciones, S.A Coloreros 2, 1° - 1 28013 Madrid, Spain Photographer Rafael Vargas
When asked to sharpen the corporate image of the Spanish furniture manufacturer Ofita for visiting designers, architects, and specifiers, the Milan-based design and architecture firm King & Miranda transformed the company’s Madrid offices and showroom—located on two adjacent floors—into an integrated sales tool using a spare vocabulary of textural elements, colors, and lighting strategies.
According to Rafael Moneo, who designed the Gregorio Marañon Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital in Madrid with specialist José María de la Mata, a hospital “should be clear, clean, and luminous.