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Sunny Bates Associates
New York City
AC2 Studio Inc.
A modest budget did not inhibit the
design of this innovative and colorful studio
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This executive search firm was looking
for offices that would offer upbeat, flexible, and open areas,
as well as private suites and meeting spaces. The project
needed to anticipate future growth with spaces designed to
satisfy a multiplicity of uses and respond to the parameters
of a tight budget. Furthermore, sound isolation and visual
privacy were extremely important.
The architect developed a partition system
that could be quickly and easily assembled and changed. A
forest of columns supporting floating panels transforms the
raw open space into a variety of useable spaces: private offices,
meeting rooms, conference rooms and open work areas. The columns
are made from structural fiberglass, Extren 525. Lightweight
and hollow in section, the columns not only support the sandwich
of materials that make up the office partitions, they also
serve as a chase for both data and electric lines.
A panel system of medium-density fiberboard
nailed to a modular plywood frame spans between Extren columns.
Panels are color-coded according to location and function
and then covered with Homasote wrapped in vibrantly colored
and richly textured fabrics that reduce ambient noise. Gaps
between the fabric panels reveal the painted surface beneath.
The result is a rich interplay of pattern, color, and texture.
Acoustics and aesthetics are married
in the choice of finishes. Humble fluorescent fixtures are
dressed with the patented um felt light baffles, which diffuse
the light as well as dampen noise and sculpt the overhead
plane into a glowing, soft sculpture. Carpeting and rubber
flooring were also selected for their acoustical properties,
while the design brings the play of color and texture to floor
surface and reinforces the spatial coding of the partition
system.
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Record
Interiors.
Formal name
of project:
Office for Sunny Bates Associates
Location:
New York City
Gross square
footage:
7,500 sq ft
Total Construction
Cost:
$440,000
Client:
Sunny Bates Associates
Architect's
firm:
AC2 Studio Inc.
526 West 26th Street, #705
New York, NY 10001
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