Jungle is a minimalist office by the Madrid-based interior design practice MIL STUDIOS. Situated in the Lamela Arquitectos-designed Madnum tower in the Spanish capital, Jungle spans across four floors, reimagining the traditional workplace through a design informed by 1990s-era New York offices and creative studios. Conceived for an initial capacity of 230 people with room to grow to 400, the project moves away from the uniformity of conventional offices to create a more varied working environment shaped around different ways of working.

Throughout Jungle, open and dynamic workspaces are balanced by more contained areas for privacy and concentration. Distinct circulation routes organize each floor, breaking up the typical open-plan office while allowing employees to choose between spaces according to how they want to work. Textiles and sound absorbing systems provide acoustic comfort, while technology is integrated discreetly throughout. Although the four floors share a common design system, each is given its own identity through a distinct spatial configuration and material palette.

On the executive level, Floor 14 draws from the glamor and seduction of the ‘90s magnate lifestyle. Continuous wood surfaces and a warm palette of chocolate browns establish an understated backdrop, complemented by curved forms and metallic accents. The floor also combines intimate workspaces with more social meeting and lounge areas, while a considered lighting plan guides movement and gradually reveals different spaces. 

In contrast, Floor 13’s reception (developed by yyplusplus) and flex-work area looks to the decades’ fascination with emerging digital technology for inspiration: brushed galvanized steel forms volumes that organize different uses across the space, and an orthogonal, almost mathematical layout reinforces the floor’s sense of precision. High-tech materials are softened by rich textiles, bringing warmth to the otherwise cool-toned environment. Floors 12 and 11 explore different aspects of the decade in turn. Aluminum surfaces, color gradients, sinuous forms, and social spaces reference 1990s club culture on the former, while oxidized steel and curved geometries shape quieter, intentionally fragmented areas on the latter floor, drawing from the period’s more restrained minimalism.

With Jungle, MIL STUDIOS continues its exploration of new ways of conceiving and inhabiting space, bringing together strategy, narrative, and materiality, to transform references to the ‘90s into a contemporary workplace that can support both individual focus and social interaction.