DESIGNWORKS 2019

AvidXChange

Charlotte, NC

LS3P

This dynamic corporate headquarters for a youthful tech workforce supports a highly collaborative and energetic culture. The design encourages a variety of workflows including on-the-fly meetings, ideation, and brainstorming with flexible spaces. The juxtaposition of hard edges, industrial finishes, and exposed systems with warm, textured, human-scale, more intimate elements pay homage to the industrials roots of the site. The interior organization maximizes opportunities for the spontaneous “creative collisions” which lead to cross-pollination and inspiration through diverse collaborative spaces, while a double-height tiered gathering space serves as the heartbeat of the office.

The concept of transparency, literal and figurative, drove the design. The open office environment required the designers to organize and define the large space for a variety of functions, using the ceiling plane, dynamic lighting, solid core elements, and strategic furniture placement to give the space character and a human scale. The gathering space serves as the heartbeat of the company; large enough to accommodate a daily newscast-style gathering but strategically designed with spaces for small-group use, the space is anchored by a massive green wall with integrated technology. Color-changing LED panel lights draw the eye upwards and play on the company’s branding. The design of this element required careful code analysis and close coordination with code officials, particularly in the materials selection for the combined flooring/seating structure.

The board room typifies the company’s transparency. A large interior window overlooks the gathering spaces, and modular furniture contrasts with the exposed brick to demonstrates the reflexive nature of the space.