Interface Office

Award winning office design proposal using biophilic design principles

Interior Design • Office Design • Space Planning • 3D Modeling • Rendering • Visualization

Winner of the Haworth Organic Workplace Award for Design 2019. Interface is a modular carpet company renowned for their dedication to sustainability and design. Many of their designs are inspired by nature and they believe strongly in the philosophy of biophilic design. This philosophy informs the design for this office space. The design for this space aims to establish connections between the urban office space to local deciduous forest, in order to create a collaborative working environment that connects its users. Connection is fostered with geometric forest elements which permeates and connects the two level space.

Entrance to the office for clients and employees. It is open and inviting. Two meeting rooms for discussions with clients are on either side of the entrance doors. At the center are current products for client perusal.

Overview

Problem

How do you bring some nature into a space (which can boost mood, productivity, health, and well-being) located at the heart of a concrete jungle that is the downtown core of Toronto?

Outcome

With biophilic design principles, I can evoke the positive outcomes of nature (mood, productivity, health, and well-being) to create a connection to nature even within a concrete jungle.

Info

Location

1 Dundas St W., Toronto, Canada

10th and 11th floor

Tools

Rhino3D, Revit, AutoCAD

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Floor Plans

10th Floor Plan

11th Floor Plan

Section

Rendered section of both floors shows how the deciduous tree elements connect both floors of the office together into one unified office.

Custom Modular FF&E Designs

I designed modular furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) with forms inspired by deciduous forests.

To the right are diagrams of the furniture pieces from the top view. There are various ways the modular furniture can be arranged: the first arrangement is for team meetings, the second for collaborative sessions, and the third for client presentations.

Diagram of modular FF&E

Feature Stairwell

Rendered stairwell with seating underneath and around the spiral stairs for the concept of sitting in the shade of a forest on a sunny afternoon with the tree branches above.

Office Workstations

Rendered office area where designers sit together in an open office space for collaboration. Natural light pours in from the window to the left. Small meeting rooms for private work and phone calls line the walls to the right.

Diagram of modular FF&E

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