National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
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Instead of traditional power poles, the custom-designed columns, at each work bench's extremity, also serve a wayfinding purpose for users navigating through the open layout.
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Stephane Brugger
National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
VAD Designers d'espaces
The designers, playing with high contrast levels, opted for precise angles and clean breaks between pigments.
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Stephane Brugger
National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
VAD Designers d'espaces
Large communal table with a view on the library, that features a stylized mural of Montreal's cityscape.
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Stephane Brugger
National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
VAD Designers d'espaces
From this angle, four types of work zones can be seen : In the foreground, a large communal table welcomes quiet collaboration and «alone together» time, while the face-to-face privacy booths serve as an impromptu meeting area. On the left, a glass-enclosed phone booth allows confidentiality and improves noise control in the open layout. In the background, the shared work benches are flooded with natural light, and offer users a clear overall view of their surroundings.
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Stephane Brugger
National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
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A casual gathering retreat borders the glass-enclosed staircase linking the 18th and 19th floor.
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National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
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Lockers are seamlessly integrated to the concept, in a white alcove. Above, a ceiling drop replicates the traffic zone's path and contains integrated LED lighting, supporting the modern esthetic of the space.
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Stephane Brugger
National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
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Collaboration zones and meeting rooms are easily identifiable, from anywhere on the floor, by the colorful blocks on the walls and ground.
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Stephane Brugger
National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
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Meeting room and single-user booth leading to the bistro.
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Stephane Brugger
National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
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The bistro area serves as a complementary eating area, seeing as the building holds a new large-capacity cafeteria on the second floor. The bistro can serve as a work-café, can host team events, or become an alternate meeting space, and lounge.
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Stephane Brugger
National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
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Meeting rooms. Black.
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Stephane Brugger
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National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
VAD Designers d'espaces
The halls were also updated.
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Stephane Brugger
National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
VAD Designers d'espaces
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National Bank’s Dynamic New Workspace
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Slack Toronto Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Industrial felt lines the wall and ceiling of the reception area in a striated pattern by Felt Studio. The lowered ceiling offers a more intimate and welcoming area for guests, who are greeted by the custom faceted reception desk, the company logo, a television showcasing the company’s latest flattering “love tweets,” and seating by Bensen and Normann Copenhagen.
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Shai Gil
Slack Toronto Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Shai Gil
Slack Toronto Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Breakout spaces in vivid colours are carved out of the central volume, for impromptu meetings and collaboration. These provide a contrast to the netural palette of the workstations, with automated sit-to-stand desks and chairs by Herman Miller.
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Shai Gil
Slack Toronto Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Shai Gil
Slack Toronto Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The building perimeter features a series of lounges and meeting rooms, which are identified by textile names shown in the frosted privacy glass. Lounge spaces are informal and feature different furnishings for distinction, such as the Casalife chairs shown here and the Muuto light fixture. Over the rest of the workstations, angled light fixtures by Lumenwerx provide continuous illumination.
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Shai Gil
Slack Toronto Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Opposite the elevator, a pegboard fabricated by local Atelier Kozak greets guests with company slogans and logos. It can be reorganized by employees, inviting playfulness and creativity.
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Shai Gil
Slack Toronto Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The elegant oak table by Vitra adds warmth to the executive boardroom. A dropped ceiling over the table conceals technical equipment for various teleconferencing functions, and provides greater acoustic performance. The same angular light fixture threads through the room as an allusion to the continuous lines found throughout the office.
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Shai Gil
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