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The Trast Bank building in central Tashkent after reconstruction: the classical arcaded facade lit at dusk — SAD studio

Trast Bank

A 7,000 m² head office in central Tashkent with a separate VIP drop-off, plus branches in Samarkand and Bukhara. One service standard is carried across three different buildings. Reconstruction and interiors by SAD studio.

Tashkent: the image of a bank people trust

The head building of Trast Bank in central Tashkent, over 7,000 m². The architectural answer was the classical idiom: the building stands where the whole surrounding fabric is built that way, and that is how citizens read reliability. The classical order was supplemented with contemporary details — open facades that make the volume lighter. Parking was a task of its own: it is hard to park in central Tashkent, so a separate entrance with a canopy was designed for VIP clients, where a driver can pull up. The reconstruction was carried out without stopping the bank’s work for a single day.

Reconstruction of bank branches
Reconstruction and interior design
Uzbekistan
over 9,400 m²
2020
The corner of the Trast Bank building in Tashkent: the rusticated base, arched shopfronts and lit cornice — SAD studio

An entrance a driver can pull up to

The colonnaded canopy with a glazed insert in its slab is not a decorative portico but a working element: a car stops beneath it, the client steps out under cover and goes straight into the lobby. In a dense centre this is the only way to give a building a representative drop-off without taking a traffic lane from the street.

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The entrance portico of Trast Bank in Tashkent: a column, arch and stone cladding up close — SAD studio
A fragment of the Trast Bank facade in Tashkent: paired windows, pilasters and uplit cornice — SAD studio
The Trast Bank conference hall in Tashkent: rows of seats, timber panelling and a lit ceiling — SAD studio
The Trast Bank banking floor in Tashkent: glazed office partitions along the corridor — SAD studio
The Trast Bank building in central Tashkent after reconstruction: the classical facade with an arcade and the canopy over the drive — SAD studio
The separate VIP drop-off at Trast Bank in Tashkent: a colonnaded canopy a driver can pull up to — SAD studio
Facade of Trast Bank in Tashkent: arched windows, the cornice and a hedge along the base — SAD studio
The glazed entrance canopy of Trast Bank in Tashkent from below: a glass pyramid set into the slab — SAD studio

Samarkand: a 2,400 m² branch

A three-storey branch in Samarkand: the client hall and lobby below, offices, a staff cafeteria and a conference hall above. The plan is laid out so that a visitor never has to look for the way — the reception desk, the stair and the lift hall are visible from the entrance, while staff routes are kept apart from client ones. The palette is light stone in the circulation zones, dark timber where people stop, and perforated panels with local pattern as the only decorative line.

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Banking hall of the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: service counters, light stone and daylight from the windows — SAD studio
Second-floor client hall of the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: sofas, tall windows and large plants — SAD studio
Waiting area of the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: a lit dropped ceiling, armchairs and a perforated panel — SAD studio
Conference hall of the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: theatre seating, the projection screen and the presidium — SAD studio
Conference hall of the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand from the presidium: rows of chairs, curtains and the timber ceiling — SAD studio
Branch manager office at Trast Bank in Samarkand: the desk, meeting armchairs and timber panelling behind — SAD studio
Meeting room of the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: a six-seat table, a timber wall with artwork and plants by the windows — SAD studio
Office with a meeting corner at the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: lit built-in shelving and a soft seating area — SAD studio
Staff cafeteria at the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: round marble tables, woven chairs and full-height windows — SAD studio
Cafeteria bar counter at the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: a marble top, bar stools and city-map prints — SAD studio
Coffee point at the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: a timber wall with a lit marble niche and small tables — SAD studio
Manager reception at the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: the secretary workplace, a sofa and wall graphics — SAD studio
Waiting niche in the Trast Bank branch in Samarkand: a sofa against timber panelling and a planter — SAD studio

Bukhara: the same standard in another city

The Bukhara branch is assembled on the same logic as the Samarkand one: the banking hall and self-service zone below, offices and meeting rooms above, the brand mark at reception as the starting point of the route. The difference is in the accents — blue furniture in the waiting zones and carved ornament on the timber panels of the lift halls, taken from the Bukhara tradition.

Reception of the Trast Bank branch in Bukhara: the desk with the bank logo, pendant lights and planting — SAD studio
Banking hall of the Trast Bank branch in Bukhara: the teller line with a perforated screen and lighting — SAD studio
Teller workplaces at Trast Bank in Bukhara: desks with monitors by the windows and plants on the counters — SAD studio
Second-floor hall of Trast Bank in Bukhara: the lift core, blue sofas and planters — SAD studio
Second-floor waiting area at Trast Bank in Bukhara: blue sofas, the currency board and timber panelling — SAD studio
Third-floor hall of Trast Bank in Bukhara: columns, the waiting zone and floor signage — SAD studio
Meeting room in the manager office at Trast Bank in Bukhara: a six-seat table, lit shelving and plants — SAD studio
Branch manager office at Trast Bank in Bukhara: the desk, armchairs and timber wall panelling — SAD studio
Lift hall at Trast Bank in Bukhara: timber panels with a carved pattern and marble flooring — SAD studio
Self-service zone at Trast Bank in Bukhara: terminals by a wall with an ornamental panel and planters — SAD studio

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