Royal-Lottomatica Offices

The offices of Royal-Lottomatica represent both a starting point and a culmination of the design research conducted by Abad Architetti. Playfulness and light form the foundation of this exploration, and undoubtedly, the design of technology is one of the most significant innovations in late 20th and early 21st-century design. In fact, mechanical and technological systems are central to contemporary design, and their aesthetics must be carefully considered.
The company's reception area is marked by the Snake, a luminous tube resulting from an in-house prototype, which guides visitors toward the offices while symbolically defining the entire space. The environment is shaped by sinuous lines converging at a central oval, illuminated from above by fluorescent lights. Snake is a prototype by Abad Architetti, used in combination with recessed spotlights by Viabizzuno® and pendant lamps by Kartell®. The assembled volumes evoke an almost ethereal, evanescent space that transcends the everyday dimension of living.
This space is also characterized by symbolic elements typical of the gaming world: numbers, arranged both systematically and randomly, and color, in a playful combination of almost childlike contrasts. The executive offices maintain this concept, with color—fragmented in a neoplastic style with Dutch and Russian influences (from Mondrian to El Lissitzky)—defining furniture pieces that aspire to be toys before functional storage units. The relationship between object and toy thus becomes strictly dualistic: it cannot be merely a container for objects; it must be a toy that holds other toy-like objects, akin to a matryoshka doll.
Accordingly, playful objects such as pinball machines, the Bubble Chair, and the Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio Originals® are seamlessly integrated—they are games for relaxation, games for work. The same approach extends to the meeting room, where pastel blue chairs stand out against an orange backdrop, and a wall-mounted unit becomes an exercise in horizontally shifted volumes.
The project was selected by Platform magazine in 2018 for a publication titled Best Italian Interior Design Selection, followed by an exhibition at the Triennale di Milano, which will be replicated in several Italian cities before reaching Miami (US).