An Office for Three Companies

© Midori Hasuike

Architects: Only If

Location: New York, NY, USA

Area: 18000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Midori Hasuike , Michael Vahrenwald /Esto

Lead Architects: Aurelia Adams, Karolina Czeczek, Matthew Davis, Adam Frampton, Joseph Kennedy, Francesca Pagliaro, James Schrader, Jon Siani, Antariksh Tandon

Lighting Consultant: Dot Dash

Mep Engineer: PlusGroup Consulting Engineering PLLC

© Midori Hasuike

From the architect. An Office for Three CompaniesHow to use color and material to unify an increasing amount of junk in the contemporary office landscape" An office interior for three companies is structured by a neutral background of white walls, white exposed ceilings, and a poured black floor. Everything connected to the floor is black. Everything connected to the ceiling is white. The three companies, while different and to a certain degree independent, are unified through this common material framework.
© Michael Vahrenwald /Esto

Plan

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Islands of colors and materials (stone, felt, wood, mirror, glass) punctuate the otherwise monochromatic workspace, creating activation and interest. The islands consist of tonal and visually related combinations of sur...