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The Square Headquarters is an open, flexible and collaborative office interior that highlights the company?s core values of modern and functional design. The design of the main office floor takes cues from urban planning by creating clear circulation routes with visual landmarks that break down the scale of the expansive space. The organizational heart of the project, its central boulevard, provides a social hub for a company whose products serve the urban marketplace.
Courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson – Photographs : Matthew Millman
The central boulevard is lined with communal tables and cabanas, and punctuated by ?civic? spaces, including a library, coffee bar, and gallery. To each side of the boulevard, individual departments are arranged into smaller neighborhoods clustered around transparent glass cubes ? team rooms, where project brainstorming takes place in full view. Conference, meeting, and phone rooms are organized into a simple, crisp bar with glass storefronts that run the length of the floor. Courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson – Photographs : Matthew Millman
A separate, upper level houses a full-service commercial kitchen and servery, with dining spaces also used for weekly company-wide meetings.The project?s clean lines and predominantly white interiors are a reflection of Square?s own hardware products and visual identity. Natural wood elements along the boulevard provide visual intere...