Microsoft Offices in Marousi

The Microsoft Innovation Centre is housed in a 7-storey building on Kifissias Ave. in Marousi. The building includes offices, training facilities, restaurants and start-up spaces, as well as specially designed rooms for meetings and collaboration. Works have been organized by AECOM and construction was carried out by Diastasis, following a tender. Since 1975 Microsoft is the biggest software development company in the world. Microsoft operates in Greece since 1992 and employs 170 people. Its main goal is the make technology accessible to the broader public.
Any user of the Microsoft products knows their advantages: simplified processes, increased productivity, reduction of operational costs, flexibility etc. With the opening of its Innovation Centre, Microsoft implements a series of actions that promote entrepreneurship. Following an architectural competition, the design of the Microsoft Innovation Centre was awarded to Α&Μ. The main aspects of the project was the incorporation of the Microsoft Innovation Centre inside the company headquarters in Marousi and the remodelling of the existing offices in an open plan layout for improved communication and collaboration among staff members. The project was based on the Workplace Advantage (WPA) programme, which has been implemented in many Microsoft offices worldwide. The graphic design proposals by A&M regarding the creation of a desirable corporate identity may have well decided the final outcome. The combination of abstract imagery and text visually upgraded the offices.