We set the ‘back wall’ as front and center, and created a dramatic two storey feature wall, seen from across the street. In our imagination, partners would entertain future clients along the street restaurant and bars, and deliberately take the ‘long road home’, using the crosswalk directly in front of their front door, revealing mid-dusk and sunset scenes and layers within their space on either side of the dramatic two storey logo feature. The entry is flanked by two versions of conferencing, one enclosed in 20’ glass walls reminiscent of warehouse steel glazing proportions, and the other a true play on splayed natural wood slats, revealing and concealing the open office area layers beyond. 

To tie the two floors together, we opened the once fire escape stair and created thresholds within a series of grounding masses, housing breakroom functions such as serving, storing, and eating circumambulating around the core, each side revealing a new moment of surprise and delight. Using view corridors and long view angles to pull users through the space, culminating their journey in the large training and gathering space upstairs, with incredible views East and West, and situated unobstructed with almost 600 feet of view corridor along Wilmington Avenue, offering both sunrise and sunset dramatic moments. 

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