Employees are encouraged to take a breather at the expanded, Santa Monica installation for reflection corporation Headspace, which was designed by American firm Montalba Architects.
The office is located in the Bergamot Station Arts Center, a onetime streetcar stop and industrial campus that has been converted into galleries, blueprint studios and offices.
Headspace– which was founded in 2010 in London and offers various reflection assistances, including a popular app- has been based at the Santa Monica complex since 2016.
Due to its rapid growth, the company needed more room. It turned to Montalba Architects, which is also located in Bergamot Station, to revamp and expand its headquarters. The overall aim was to create an environment that aligned with the company’s mission to “improve the health and gaiety of the world”.
“It was important that the office’s design reflect the company’s appraises of mindfulness, innovation and dedicated purpose, ” the team said in a description.
The project entailed extending the company’s office into an adjacent, two-storey building and creating an outdoor courtyard. The full project totalled 22,000 square hoofs( 2,044 square metres ).
The team also refurbished structural components and building organizations, such as electrical, plumbing and drainage.
To give the building a clean-living appear, walls, ceilings and other faces were decorated white. Concrete storeys were working together with white oak finishes and contemporary decor, including quaint spinning chairs from Herman Miller. Rubber and felt were used in select areas, such as pinup openings, for acoustical purposes.
On the ground floor, the team residence a variety of workspaces, several conference rooms and a comfortable kitchen. The upper tier rooms an executive suite, added meeting rooms and an outdoor terrace.
The office is configured in a way that allows employees to work and socialise as a group, or to have instants of solitude.
“To honour the core values of the company, we created big cavities where employees could find a moment of personal succour that wouldn’t deter from the encircling communal milieu, ” said firm principal David Montalba.
“Freestanding meditation cod and placid reflection ranges are available throughout the space to allow employees added moments of solitude whenever necessary.”
One of the key features in the office is a wide stairway that provides access to the second floor while also serving as a seating area. A massive screen goes down in the front of the stairs, allowing for presentations.
A glass, bi-fold garage door separates the stairs from the courtyard, where employees can take in sunlight and fresh air. The outdoor cavity too helps brighten up interior rooms.
“The open-air enclosure filters illuminated and greenery into previously dark, isolated infinites and offers a necessary moment of relief within the buzzing office environment, ” the team said.
Started in 2004, Montalba Architects is based in Santa Monica and has a satellite office in Lausanne, Switzerland. Other programmes by the studio include an Equinox gym in Vancouver that features earthy fabrics working together with concrete, and the transformation of a trailer into a portable dental clinic.
Photography is by Kevin Scott.
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