Architect about Petrom City: No matter how much the project costs, the idea is for it to impress

Petrom City, the 130m-euro headquarters set to host 2,500 employees of Romania's biggest company, was launched at the end of last week, more than two years and a half after construction works started.

For the event, which took place in Străuleşti, in northern Bucharest, Petrom sent around 700 invitations.
The Petrom City project was designed by the architects of Anin.Jeromin.Fitilidis & Partner, with Austria's Alpine as the construction company.
"Today, employees want to keep in touch with their natural habitat, and people in the city do not want to be left in the dark about what happens behind the doors, which are anyway closed, of such a company. Reflective glass facades deny transparency, which turns any glass structure into something suspicious, leading in some cases to the rebirth of stone," explain the architects.
Domestic specialists say Petrom City is bringing a major change, also reflected in the high price of the work: 130m euros, the most expensive office project finalised so far.
"We're not living just for money, but also for prestige. No matter how much the project costs, the idea is the headquarters is my house, and my interest is for it to impress. (...)," concludes Călin Negoescu, technical director with Westfourth Architecture, one of the biggest architecture offices on the market.