K Street Office – Washington DC

EL Studio was tasked with delivering a consumer their Ok Road Workplace prioritizing safety {and professional} design in Washington DC.

The consumer for this workplace mission is a agency that prioritizes safety but additionally communication and collaboration. As such, their area wanted to operate just like the photo voltaic system: completely different worker sorts working in separate, concentric orbits round a core with magnetic gravitational pull.

The mission has two entry factors – one for guests and one for employees. As guests enter the workplace area from the elevator foyer, they’re greeted by a dynamic but discrete ready room. The area borrows daylight from a glass-fronted, small public-facing assembly room. The reception desk is confronted in travertine and is about under a slatted wooden ceiling. The travertine wraps previous a secured door into the manager suite comprised of personal workplaces and boardroom.

The chief corridor parallels the constructing’s Ok Road facade offering sweeping views of downtown DC’s major enterprise hall. On the heart of the manager corridor, the boardroom is confronted with a dot matrix map of the world, highlighting the agency’s international presence in translucent vinyl. A cove tray ceiling floats above the assembly desk, elevating the skilled top of the area.

The workers entrance is by way of the simple core of the workplace: the workers lounge, a big pantry area that serves because the nexus between all three main workplace groupings. The structure ensures that staff that may in any other case be inclined to isolate themselves of their workplace are up and mingling, sharing data. The pantry has wood-faced cupboards and a slatted felt ceiling that echoes the customer reception area. The chief pantry, which connects the lounge to the manager hallway, is accessed via fob-activated sliding doorways.

The mission achieves an open and clear really feel with out compromising privateness. Glass partitions and doorways enable gentle to filter into the inside areas. The double-glazed partition system, which is demountable, was chosen due to its excessive acoustic efficiency. A small glass return “tee” on the partitions between workplace areas makes hallways seem wider.

Design: EL Studio
Pictures: Paul Burk