Slack is the fastest-growing workplace software in the world. With over 6 million active weekly users, the intra-office messaging system is revolutionizing the way teams communicate around the globe. For the startup?s New York City headquarters, Snøhetta retrofitted a 12,000 SF space on the top floor of an 1880?s landmarked building in Lower Manhattan?s NoHo/East Village neighborhood to provide a versatile, sunlight-filled office. The design of each of Slack?s offices around the world aims to integrate elements of their local context, and Snøhetta?s design for Slack?s new NYC space is inspired by the city?s distinctive urban courtyards. Drawing inspiration from interior parkscapes like Paley Park, bamboo plants provide natural privacy screens and energize the space with greenery. Four existing skylights with enlarged, splayed ceilings dramatically increase the incidence of natural daylight deep into the space and the pocket courtyards beneath them.
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Architects: Snøhetta

Location: New York, NY, United States

Design Team: Anne-Rachel Schiffmann, Vanessa Kassabian, Aaron Dorf, Rikard Jaucis, Craig Dykers

Area: 12000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Michael Grimm

Owners Rep: Gardiner & Theobald

Construction Manager: SPK Lewis Inc.

Mep Engineer: CFS Engineering

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