CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE NURTURING WORKSPACE

THE FANTASY WORKSPACE

THE SERENE WORKSPACE

Recognizing the Inspired Workspace 9

11 BON APPETITE! 12

Mariposa BREATHING ROOM 18

Vitra BATTLING FATIGUE 22

Gould Evans's Westport Center A VERTICAL VILLAGE 26

Campus MLC/Lend Lease NESTING PLACE 32

Accenture THE SOUND OF SILENCE 34

Orange Call Center EXECUTIVE HOMESTEAD 39

Herman Miller Senior Leadership Space

43 ROAD TRIP 44

Gould Evans's Studio at Third Avenue WORKS OF A BON VIVANT 48

Work/Live Loft FIGMENTS OF THE IMAGINATION 52

CTV EXPERIMENTAL THEATER 54

Young & Rubicam, Ford, and Haworth Collaboration THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE 56

Duffy Design AN INTENSE EXPERIENCE 63

Herman Miller Chicago Showroom DREAM HOUSE 66

Evans Group Headquarters

70 DO NOT DISTURB 72

Artist's Retreat OPEN-AIR POLICY 75

The Essex Conference Center & Retreat DEEP COUNTRY, DEEP THOUGHT 78

The Conference Barn CATHEDRAL OF CREATIVITY 80

Meditation/Conference Room A SPIRITUAL PAUSE 82

Triple 5 Soul

THE PLAYFUL WORKSPACE

THE ARTISTIC WORKSPACE

GALLERY: FACES OF INSPIRED WORKPLACES

DIRECTORY

JOURNEY INTO SPACE 85 HBG New Media

TROPICAL PARADISE 88 Dent & Company

SPACE FOR METAMORPHOSIS 92 Nexspace

BREATHING SPACE 97 Textile/Graphic Design Studio

100 FUN ON A BUDGET 103

Ringling Brothers CREATURE COMFORTS 104

Monster.com CAUSING A STIR 107

PUSH Advertising Agency PLAYING FOR PROFITS 112

Cognex Corporation LOOSENING UP 115

Brendan Moore & Associates SCHOOL OF FUN ARTS 119

Corey & Company

121 STABLE WORK 122

Eric Roth's Photo Studio/Barn TOWER OF POWER 126

Pill Maharam Architects Studio SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION 129

Wieden + Kennedy COLOR MY WORLD 135

Lumina Americas Inc. A BUNGALOW BUILT FOR TWO 138

Bungalow Heaven Studio POETIC JUSTICE 141

Open Book

146 Gabor Csupo 147 Johnny Grant 148 Earl Mindell 149 Jim McCafferty 150 Larry Flynt 153 Michael Gendler 154 Bob Malone 155

Projects and Designers 156 Photographers 158 About the Author 160 Aknowledgments 160

6 7 THE INSPIREO WORKSPACE

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly." R. Buckminster Fuller, architect and inventor of the geodesic dome

SPACE FOR METAMORPHOSIS NEXSPACE

Transitions can be daunting times. You're feeling neither or the living room/lounge area. is core to Nexspace's effort here nor there, with no roots or home to speak of. to help occupants combine work and leisure. Yet for more Employees who are in a migratory state may feel confused, senior, established tenants, there are areas of more privacy. unfocused, and left without an identity. David Agger, One of the offices, known as the "Delta Space," is triangular founder of Nexspace, wanted to create a workspace that in shape and juts out dramatically from the building to give was non-traditional, contemporary, and collegial to meet the occupant more than 60 feet 118 meters] of unobstructed the emotional and physical needs of mobile staffers, views of downtown L.A" Catalina Island. and Malibu. emerging companies, temporary project teams, displaced sales units, consultants, and out-of-town companies waiting to find a permanent space in the Los Angeles area. A HIP HOME Agger felt that is was unproductive for companies to be bogged down with relocation problems, and that employees The idiosyncratic choices in furniture in the common areas should be free to focus on core business activities. playa large part in making tenants feel individual while at

the same time feel like they are at home, There's no cookie­cutter approach to the design elements in the shared spaces,

AN EMERGING WORI<FORCE Each piece of furniture has its own personality. much like people do, To highlight the concept of distinct personalities

Agger commissioned Beckson Design Associates to create coming together to share space, even the carpets were an appealing atmosphere for this new type of workforce. chosen for their own individual character rather than To appeal to the widest range of potential clients, it was on how they might coordinate with accent walls or even necessary to accommodate individual workers, as well as with each other. larger groups coming together as a team in the space. The populations of occupants would range from younger The space clearly celebrates independence. character. groups to more established professionals, all who share and how various-even colorful-personalities can express a desire for flexible and functional workspace where they themselves and work together all under one roof. could still feel and be creative and productive though in temporary quarters.

The plan was to keep the 17,000-square-foot 11 ,579-square­meterl space simple and straightforward for new temporary tenants to immediately understand. The space has a central area where shared amenities are pooled lmail, copier, server room, concierge, on-site management, and main conference room!. Blocks of development lor workl rooms are divided into small. medium, and large sizes modularly designed around mobile desks. The space fits thirty-nine companies, or 200 occupants, at a time.

WHERE EVERYONE I<NOWS YOUR NAME

The comfortable, casual. and contemporary space is meant to feel like a campus meeting place. to foster workplace envy among those in permanent offices, says Agger. The 1, 150-square-foot 11 07-square-meterl Center Quad,

THE INSPIRED WORKSPACE 92

Inner development rooms are pulled away from the west curtain wall to leave the view from the promenade open for all to enJoy. Reading areas along the promenade encourage occupants to gather in groups or sit in solitude for contemplation.

93 THE SERENE WORKSPACE

"Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud, child psychiatrist and daughter of Sigmund Freud

The central pod includes a lounge, dining hall, and cale with residual spaces for personal escape. It's flooded with natural light and expands towards the curtain wall to maximize the dislant ocean views. It's painted while to allow the diverse colors, personality, and texlures of each of the pieces of the handpicked modern furniture-by deSigners including Alvar Aalto, Eames, George Nelson, and Karim Rashid-to come Ihrough.

"When working on ethereal challenges sometimes it's necessary to look at things in a different way - and your surroundings just might help." From the Nexspace Web site

THE INSPIRED WORKSPACE 94

· kind of bad training." n to survive any . . t d daughter of Sigmund Freud

ud child psychlatrls an n r .

The walls of the developmenl rooms are built of translucenl fiberglass reinforced plastic [FRPJ 10 filter In naturallighl. The FRP also serves as floor-to-ceiling dry-marker board Ihal is durable. easy to clean. and wilhslands any damage resulting in frequent use 01 short-term tenants. The doors are large. sliding. cell-structured FRP panels that are easy to open. Rooms are furnished with custom 3D-inch by 48-inch 176-centimeters by 122-cenlimetersJ mobile desks.

PACE 94 95 THE SERENE WORKSPACE

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Zelinsky, Marilyn, The inspired workspace: designs for creativity and produc­

tivity / Marilyn Zelinsky.

p. cm. ISBN 1-56496-925-8 1. Office decoration-Human factors. 2. Interior

architecture. I. Title.

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