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Washington, DC, United States
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Other Projects by EL Studio PLLC
Austrade DC
Washington, DC, United States
Firm
YEAR
2011
This
interior office renovation seeks to break the customary linear,
orthogonal office organization with the innovative rethinking of
standard components while reinforcing the client’s mission of promoting
openness and exchange. The typical interior corridor is virtually
extended through the tenant space, differentiating conference and office
zones, culminating in a translucent lens at the exterior window wall
mapping Austrade’s global network, announcing their presence to
neighbors both within the building and without. The renovation
increases the existing space by one-third; consequently a major goal was
to maximize ceiling height to expand and alleviate the space,
particularly the primary conference room which was required to be
completely interior for fine-tuned video-conferencing control. The
existing base building infrastructure was meticulously mapped and a new
undulating ceiling surface inserted providing maximum height and
variation. Up-lighting in a continuous cove along the sloped surfaces
increases the perception of height and expansiveness. The particular
Video Conference requirements presented another opportunity for
innovation; the need for a large identifiable graphic of the host city
took the form of a 30 foot, full-height wraparound image of Washington
DC’s Tidal Basin. This graphic creates flow between the conference
rooms and break-out room, stretching the spatial and social boundaries
of each. Impromptu and increased communications are crucial motivations
to rethinking the open office area where standard systems furnishings
have been reworked into distinctive ‘pinwheel’ pods. These new
user-adjustable workstations foster ad-hock teaming sessions with
bar-height surfaces and marker board skins while still maintaining a
measure of visual and acoustic privacy for individual workers. The
building’s standard 2 x 4 lighting grid is replaced with dual up-light /
down-light pendant fixtures whose components are circuited separately.
The up-light components operate on a programmable dimming daylight
‘harvesting’ system which adjusts ambient light levels in response to a
light-level monitor supplementing natural daylight with energy-efficient
fluorescent light only as needed. The dimmable down-light component is
controlled by the individual user allowing fine control of lighting as
tasks require.
interior office renovation seeks to break the customary linear,
orthogonal office organization with the innovative rethinking of
standard components while reinforcing the client’s mission of promoting
openness and exchange. The typical interior corridor is virtually
extended through the tenant space, differentiating conference and office
zones, culminating in a translucent lens at the exterior window wall
mapping Austrade’s global network, announcing their presence to
neighbors both within the building and without. The renovation
increases the existing space by one-third; consequently a major goal was
to maximize ceiling height to expand and alleviate the space,
particularly the primary conference room which was required to be
completely interior for fine-tuned video-conferencing control. The
existing base building infrastructure was meticulously mapped and a new
undulating ceiling surface inserted providing maximum height and
variation. Up-lighting in a continuous cove along the sloped surfaces
increases the perception of height and expansiveness. The particular
Video Conference requirements presented another opportunity for
innovation; the need for a large identifiable graphic of the host city
took the form of a 30 foot, full-height wraparound image of Washington
DC’s Tidal Basin. This graphic creates flow between the conference
rooms and break-out room, stretching the spatial and social boundaries
of each. Impromptu and increased communications are crucial motivations
to rethinking the open office area where standard systems furnishings
have been reworked into distinctive ‘pinwheel’ pods. These new
user-adjustable workstations foster ad-hock teaming sessions with
bar-height surfaces and marker board skins while still maintaining a
measure of visual and acoustic privacy for individual workers. The
building’s standard 2 x 4 lighting grid is replaced with dual up-light /
down-light pendant fixtures whose components are circuited separately.
The up-light components operate on a programmable dimming daylight
‘harvesting’ system which adjusts ambient light levels in response to a
light-level monitor supplementing natural daylight with energy-efficient
fluorescent light only as needed. The dimmable down-light component is
controlled by the individual user allowing fine control of lighting as
tasks require.
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