Triptyque Architecture

Milbank

Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok

MILBANK

Triptyque

ARCHITECTS
Triptyque

 ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Vitoria Ferraz, Manuela Coelho

CLIENT
Milbank

GENERAL COORDINATOR
Luiz Trindade

PARTNERS
Greg Bousquet, Carolina Bueno, Guillaume Sibaud E Olivier Raffaelli

PROJECT MANAGER
Paulo Martins – Architecte

PHOTOGRAPHS
Pedro Kok

AREA
1200 m² 

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
São Paulo, Brazil

CATEGORY
Institutional Buildings

After realizing the building of Milbank, the international law firm commissioned Triptyque to carry of the interior design.

Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok

The agency Triptyque proposed to build a unique and historic collection of Brazilian design.

The office furniture Milbank tells 95 years of Brazilian design history.

Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
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Triptyque, already in charge of the building's architecture, has created a walk through the history of Brazilian design between objects, their designers, their times.

To let this walk free, Triptyque has created spaces who change according to the opening of sliding wood and thanks to the transparent spaces, replacing concrete walls with glass doors.

Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
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The interior design is a reinterpretation of the traditional organization of an office (succession of workrooms).

The Triptyque created workspaces with precious pieces of Brazilian design icons: the conference room table is signed by Niemeyer, the "São Paulo" chairs in the reception are made by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, the lawyers' offices are decorated by pieces signed by Sergio Rodrigues.

Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
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It was a real challenge for Triptyque to describe and summarize the Brazilian creation.

Just like Brazil, the coherence of the collection lies in its diversity: Brazilian production is affected by the processing of materials, the simplicity of the shapes and sometimes, the rudimentary use of technology.

Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
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There is plurality also in the origins of this production: the Portuguese reference and African intervention create a modern production now belonging to popular taste.

Milbank has appropriated the concept of plurality.

Its interior is an inventory of straight lines, curves and improvisation, it is a timeline in the history of the Brazilian artistic production.

Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok

Milbank is an example of this new generation of foreign companies seeking to expand in Brazil with an aim to understand and adapt.

The association between the international firm and the Brazilian historic design illustrates strengthens its local positioning.

Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok


Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok
Milbank
© Pedro Kok


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