Designing for Collaboration and Choice
Throughout the workplace, social hubs with dining, coffee, gaming and conferencing spaces provide opportunities to connect. A dedicated work-amenity floor supplies a range of flexible settings, from breakout areas, an IT Genius Bar and a content studio to quiet zones for focused work. Connectivity between groups on different teams was greatly improved by adding a monumental, multi-floor stair linking a series of social spaces, as well as renovating an existing stair between several lower floors.
Strengthening Workplace Connectivity
Reducing friction for employees was an important consideration as the design team examined how the building was re-imagined. The arrival experience was rethought, shifting from a fortress-like security model to a hospitality-driven approach with transparent badge-access points and concierge-style staffing. Brand storytelling is woven throughout the space, subtly and boldly, so the workplace feels unmistakably tailored to who the organization is and what they do.
These changes, along with ongoing building-systems commissioning to improve performance, sustainability and operational efficiency, have created a future-ready headquarters for employees, visitors and the broader community.
