SEPTEMBER 2021
onward & upward
CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2021
VOLUME 92 NUMBER 11
ON THE COVER A 200-foot-long concrete ramp, supported by lacquered iron tubes, curls through the three-story office of culinary communications agency Clavel’s Kitchen and tech company E-goi, a joint workplace project in Matosinhos, Portugal, by Paulo Merlini Architects. Photography: Ivo Tavares.
features 116 FORWARD MOMENTUM 144 CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN by Rebecca Dalzell by Rebecca Dalzell
In northern Portugal, a sculptural ramp joins two buildings—and two companies—into a cohesive, flexible, and futureproof whole by Paulo Merlini Architects.
For VF Corporation’s headquarters in Denver, Rapt Studio employed an outdoorsy-tech aesthetic that reaches new heights in capturing company branding and culture.
124 LESSON PLAN by Edie Cohen
152 HEALING ENVIRONMENT by Mairi Beautyman
An international tour of schools, from kindergartens to colleges, shows educational design is smarter than ever. 136 TRADING SPACES by Tate Gunnerson
CannonDesign swaps old for high-tech for the Cboe Global Markets headquarters inside a Chicago landmark.
JKMM Architects prescribes nature themes and data-based research for the inno vative Hospital Nova in southern Finland.
160 THE PATH TO SUCCESS by Wilson Barlow, Colleen Curry, and Edie Cohen
This is the way to the seven firms and projects receiving the 48th annual IIDA Interior Design Competition awards.
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walkthrough 61 SAVOIR FAIRE by Edie Cohen 71 CRYSTAL CLEAR by Wilson Barlow and Colleen Curry
International office projects are showing us the way forward.
departments 25 HEADLINERS 33 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block 41 CREATIVE VOICES Working From Home by Jesse Dorris
BassamFellows turns an abandoned Philip Johnson office building in Ridgefield, Connecticut, into a dazzling headquarters with a residential vibe. 48 BLIPS by Amanda Schneider 52 PINUPS by Rebecca Thienes 87 MARKET by Rebecca Thienes, Georgina McWhirter, and Nicholas Tamarin 111 CENTERFOLD Spiral of Life by Athena Waligore
Building on his grandmother’s craft, Ernesto Neto’s Houston museum installation winds visitors through his version of the cycles of nature. 222 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie
227 INTERVENTION by Wilson Barlow
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e d i t o r ’s welcome
food for thought This month’s issue goes to work immediately after enjoyment of my welcome—no forward or appetizer needed. (And trust me, we all could use a treat about now.) While we certainly do not presume to feed your beast and deliver all the hot, breaking news, the projects, products, and solutions presented in this volume are sorely needed and ready for your attention and yummy consumption. Here’s why: Be it as it may, the entire Workplace sector of our industry— along with Healthcare and Education, the three mighty pillars of our September issue—is in an almost intractable state of flux. Unbelievably, no matter how attentive and on-the-ball we are, the goalposts keep on moving. If any of these specialties are your lunchbox, you need all the sustenance you can get. That being said, have no fear: We have your back and are on your side. One thing is crystal clear. Companies do want their employees to come back together (at least part of the time), and they are using design to entice them there. At VF Corporation in Denver, outdoor meets hi-tech— plus a colorful climbing wall!—thanks to our friends at Rapt Studio. CannonDesign went state-of-the-art plus real art for a complete trans formation of the trading floor environment at Chicago’s Cboe Global Markets. And themes of flora and fauna, starting with a light installation on the facade, coupled with data-based research was JKMM Architect’s healing prescription for an innovative new hospital in Finland. So, dig right into the following pages. Study, consider, ponder our proposals and reporting, and store everything in your arsenal for use, because it could well be around the corner. Or so, at least, I supremely hope! I am a Sixties girl (alas!) and completely shaped in that mold. Instead of letting superstition and calamitous ignorance overrun lives, back then problems were examined in depth, looked at from all sides (working together), and directly “science-d” to extinction, full stop! It was—and still is—called the American Way. Anything else, simply, is not. xoxo,
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