Totaling 100,000 sq ft across two floors, the tenant improvement project in New York City aimed to provide employees with secure, soundproof spaces to work and communicate with clients, according to the team submission that did not disclose the project owner at the client’s request.
The signature element is an interconnecting spiral staircase with a millwork tree-inspired canopy. A second floor cutout was also required to further open the space and create additional visibility between floors, the team says. After working with carpenters on site to lay out steel and glass to determine precise locations, a large rectangle was cut into the upper-floor slab and infilled to create the two eyebrow-shaped openings.