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Vancouver design firm, Edit Studios, recently completed the workplace design for Sandstorm Gold Royalties’ new 40,000 sq. ft. office expansion in Vancouver. Renowned for its exceptional portfolio of precious metal royalties, Sandstorm's office is in Vancouver's newest AAA office tower, Vancouver Centre II (VCII), which spans four floors. The building is designed to LEED Platinum, WELL Gold, and WiredScore Gold standards.
Working closely with the Sandstorm team, Edit Studios' designers created an innovative workplace ecosystem. This space houses their geologists and engineers and offers a collaborative environment for junior mining partners to phase in and out as projects cycle through, similar to a co-working model. Sandstorm's office design concept evolved during the return-to-work period to meet the post-COVID trend of requiring more focused private and shared office spaces.
The top and bottom floors make up the functional part of the office, while the middle floor behaves as a common amenity for all companies. It includes a shared reception, kitchen, and various meeting spaces of different shapes and sizes. Coffee bars and lounges are strategically placed on each floor around the stairwell to facilitate spontaneous interactions among the team and promote vertical circulation.
Materials Tell a Story
Edit Studios drew inspiration from Sandstorm's deep connection to the mining industry to celebrate natural resources and highlight mining operations. With an increasing focus on renewable energies, Sandstorm emphasized the use of copper in the design, making it a key material for the curved stair connecting all four floors. The stairs are a structural and architectural marvel, with curved glass railings, BC wood treads, and copper accents. The logistics alone are a miracle, considering the quantity of metal craned up 33 flights into an occupied office building.
Each floor features artfully displayed rock and mineral samples, geological objects, and historical mining tools. Custom planter boxes and plant life denote the entrances to each meeting room, smartly inscribed with elements from the periodic table, once again enforcing the link to the mining industry.
Unconventional materials that make up the space include rammed earth walls and sand-infused plaster, illustrating the topographic contours of the world. The reception area features abstract, hand-scraped plaster walls, while BC native wood and granite bases mined from a local quarry were used to create all the meeting room tables throughout the space. Artist Mareo Rodriguez's pieces, inspired by the earth's materiality, enhance the space with topographic references and drill core sample motifs.
A Green Approach
One of the important features to Sandstorm was the building's radiant heating and cooling system in the ceiling, making it one of North America's most sustainable buildings. This advanced system enhances energy efficiency by reducing the reliance on traditional HVAC systems, lowering energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The use of radiant heating and cooling aligns with the team's objective to mitigate the mining industry's environmental impact by adopting cutting-edge, sustainable building technologies exhibited in this building. In addition, there was a strong emphasis on weaving plant life into the design.
"Since the pandemic, our clients have shown a strong desire to incorporate nature and plants into the workplace. Science now supports the idea that plants reduce stress and anxiety, boost creativity and productivity, and enhance cognition and memory," notes Edit Studios founder Janay Koldingnes. "Our planting strategy at Sandstrom compliments the celebration of what the earth provides as you migrate between floors, and ties seamlessly into our earthly palette."
Sandstorm's versatile office space caters to employees and guests, offering an abundance of areas for focused work and for employees to feel rejuvenated while in the workspace. The enriching environment, highlighted by greenery and earthy materials, strongly connects to Sandstorm's mission and values.
Technical sheet
Client: Sandstorm Gold Royalties
Location: Vancouver, BC
Size: 40, 000 sq.ft
Completion: 2024
Designers: Edit Studios Inc
Contractor: Framework Projects
Photography: Brett Ryan
Landlord: GWLRA
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Radiant Ceiling Systems: Giacomini
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About Edit Studios Inc.
Edit is composed of talented designers and brand enthusiasts. Their focus is taking their clients' businesses and brands to the next level through interior design and brand identity. Edit is a nimble, boutique, and get-it-done kind of firm. They have stripped away unnecessary bureaucracy and paper pushing in lieu of spending more time designing their clients' actual spaces. In a nutshell, they are straight shooters who will tell it like it is. Reaching a global audience, Edit’s founder, Janay Koldingnes, has previously worked with International clients such as Sony Pictures, Trulioo, Sage, Microsoft, and Lululemon, along with some of North America’s prominent developers and land owners.
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