Actiu, a Castalla-based company specializing in the design and manufacture of furniture solutions for workspaces and accommodation, has opened its own office. new showroom in paris, especially on Boulevard Bourdon, in a historic building from 1880, next to the Seine and Place de la Bastille. Its interior design, the result of a collaboration between Actiu and Cosín Estudio, is on the route of the city’s architects and designers, presenting a new concept of space inspired by new ways of working and designed to create agile environments. comfortable and safe.
The Actiu showroom in Paris was designed as a meeting point for professionals and companies with the brand’s proposals for any project. in total 450 square meters recreates real scenarios typical accommodation environments as well as Actiu’s know-how in the design of productive and flexible workspaces such as those promoted by Cool Working by Actiu.
The showroom is spread over two floors of 237 and 167 square feet respectively and features a five-metre glass façade and a central skylight, among other rooms.
The ground floor provides direct access to the Red Box, which is considered to be the heart of the area and carries the corporate values of Actiu. It is designed later a shared workspace promoting socialization and creativity. In the French capital, a space for coffee time and individual work areas has been defined for the brand’s team.
The upper floor can be reconfigured thanks to agile furniture solutions and is designed for collaboration and education. The Black Box allows you to showcase the Carbon chair in a delicate and designed environment.
The founder of the company, Vicen Berbegal, attended the opening with his children, the second generation of the management of Actiu, a brand with a history of more than 50 years.
“This showroom was designed as a very Mediterranean space in the center of Paris, full of freshness, light, color and emotion. It has an unrivaled position. The entire environment, from the venue to the passageways, is taken care of in detail. The interior design incorporates unique elements that give it a very special personality. This meeting and communication area and thanks to the central skylight, it resembles the old-fashioned ateliers in Paris”, said Soledat Berbegal, consultant and manager of Brand Reputation at Actiu.
Also “after Working in this market for more than 30 years, we are at an unrivaled moment to promote projects, contacts and collaborations with our partners and new ones. It is a point of attraction with very interesting solutions for architects, designers, interior designers and facility managers whose aim is to create spaces to bring well-being to people and efficiency to organizations”.
The Paris showroom is equipped with smart technologies such as Gaia by Actiu, the IoT platform that enables efficient and healthy workspaces to be managed. Gaia by Actiu won the Préventica 2022 innovation award for “Workspace comfort” at the Préventica fair held in Nantes from 18-19 May.
Actiu has been on the French market since the 1980s and In 2012 it opened its first showroom in the capital of the Seine..
About
Founded in 1968 by Vicente Berbegal in Castalla, Alicante, Actiu is a leading Spanish company in the design and manufacture of workspaces and accommodation. With a clear commitment to R&D, quality, innovation, design and production of all its products in Spain, it sustainably promotes the Cool Working concept, which aims to create furniture for new spaces of cultural transformation in companies. is healthy and flexible to increase productivity and employee satisfaction.
Opened in 2008 in Actiu Castalla A technology park covering an area of 191,400 square meters and it brings this philosophy to life that is fully sustainable and efficient. Facilities whose headquarters is the first in Spain, the second in Europe and one of the top five in the world to receive Well Platinum certification. Likewise, Actiu has the Leed Platinum certificate for the sustainability of its facilities and became the first industrial company in the world to receive both certificates.
Among the awards received are the National Design Award, European Business Awards, founder and numerous design awards for their products such as Red Dot, Design Preis, FX, Delta Awards, If Design or The Best of NeoCon. . . .