Sapient

131, Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA, United States

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Sapient

131, Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA, United States

Firm

Type

Commercial › Office

YEAR

2008

To give each Sapient group its own defined space within the open office plan, the project designer developed the concept of each group existing within a "neighborhood." Each neighborhood is a cluster of workstations and meeting spaces grouped together for people within the same department. The neighborhoods are defined by colors; each neighborhood has a distinct color. As a unifying element, the neighborhood for the creative department contained all the colors from the other neighborhoods. Another unifying feature is the carpeted path, defined by Sapient?s corporate color, orange, that navigates through the office and leads from neighborhoods to common spaces (shown in white on the floor plan). The path is also enhanced by a "roof": a special lowered ceiling with a distinct lighting element that visually continues the orange path from above. The defined navigation path and neighborhoods create visual unity while maintaining distinct workspaces for each department within the open office plan.