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004 Lafayette 148 New York Office + Showroom Summer 2013 | Studio for Architecture Following the cue and desires to maintain an open, well-lit showroom and sales offices, three schemes were developed which logically occupy similar zones within the space. The clients desired the prime floor space to be used as the showroom while the sales offices remain adjacent to it on the NW and SE corners. What was previously the sales directors/assistants offices are now divided into three separate functions; the special exhibition/meeting area, the model’s dressing room coupled with the photographic studio, and the pantry. This area occupies the center of the floor and the challenge was to provide fluid circulation from the back corridor to the showroom - all the while allowing this center zone to function properly.

An expressed desire from the sales team was to have natural lighting for the office space. Due to the rounded windows which are not intended to be divided, we devised a configuration where the sales directors’ offices were pulled back as a group, leaving the area next to the window to be open and spacious. The assistant workstations are situated there as an open work zone. This layout allows everyone to have access to light and provides a more collective shared work environment.