The resulting design provides a variety of spaces for employees to work and collaborate and incorporates biophilic principles and a focus on overall employee well-being.

The project involved a full demolition and new interior construction within the existing historic structure. Original concrete columns and caps were left exposed, and the design retained the existing large monitor windows at the top of the upper gallery. On the main floor, window walls were preserved to maintain views by keeping the space open and clear. Project rooms were relocated to capture daylight.

Photo by Aaron Shaw, Endeavour Architectural Photography

Air quality sensors and enhanced air filtration were added to ensure maintenance of a healthy environment and to meet LEED and WELL building design standards.

Because the entry for the previous tenant was on the south side of the space, which required visitors to travel a long distance to enter the studio, the firm decided to create a new main entry on the north side even though it required a relocation of an existing stair and an extension of the balcony via new steel structure.

The result creates a new front door that makes an appropriate statement for a design studio.