SMILE

At Orange Worldwide Headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, the vision was to create a fresh, inviting space that welcomes employees back after years of COVID quarantine.

The design brings a sense of calm and well-being to the office using the soft natural textures that flow throughout the interiors.

This approach reintroduces everyone to a healthier, more inspiring workspace, making the return to office life both refreshing and rejuvenating.

Smile at the Orange worldwide H.Q. 150m long parametric origami emerging from the entrance walls and opening them up to a gentle display of glowing, diffused and changing lights. The sinuous yet mineral geometry is inspired by lava flows cracking open to reveal their inner warmth. The folds on the 4000 laser-cut modules gave structural strength to the paper-thin powder-coated zinc sheets. The warm glow of molten lava opened up through a flowing origami river.  This is what inspired our Smile at the Orange worldwide H.Q.