架构师提供的文本描述。当使19世纪的建筑物适应新的功能时，我们常常发现自己拆除墙壁以满足新用户的需求。在这种情况下，我们发现从根本上强调了现有房间之间的差异，并强调了分离的独特适合我们的客户的愿望，一个亲密的工作空间设计更像一个家，而不是一个办公室。

Text description provided by the architects. When adapting nineteenth century buildings to new functions we more often than not find ourselves removing walls to accommodate new users’ needs. In this case we found that radically accentuating the differences between existing rooms and playing up the separation uniquely suited our client’s desire for an intimate work space designed more like a home than an office.

 Axonometric

在19世纪靠近Flatiron大楼的一座大楼的顶部，GRT为一家小型UX设计公司创建了一个办公室。正如我们所发现的，这个空间被分成三个房间，每个房间都有一个同样戏剧性的北面“锯齿”天窗，在它的顶峰达到16英尺。我们把一个创意办公室的职能转变成这个三位一体。

At the top of a 19th century building near the Flatiron Building, GRT created an office for a small UX design firm. As found, the space was divided into three rooms, each with a similarly dramatic north-facing ‘sawtooth’ skylight reaching sixteen feet at its peak. Into this triptych we decanted the functions of a creative office.

 © Nicole Franzen

(尼科尔·弗兰森)

一个人进入一个工作厨房，在站立高度的慷慨柜台，旨在编辑大格式印刷材料，但也可用于非正式的餐饮和活动。透过一扇旧的质感玻璃门，可以看到的是一间带墙对壁地毯的全黑蓝色房间。从上面房间大小的天窗里倒出来的光，空间以吸收深度、纹理和隔音的方式包围着你。尽管表面上是休息室，但它主要是作为内部和客户会议的空间.旁边是一间办公室，油漆地板上的牛奶灰一直延伸到定制工作站、引脚板和架子的颜色，这三堵墙可以让公司不断地尝试不同的工作和协作方式。

One enters through a working kitchen with generous counters at standing height, designed for editing large format printed materials but usable also for informal dining and events. Visible through an old textured glass door is an entirely black-blue room with wall-to-wall carpet. Poured over with light from the room-sized skylight above, the space envelopes you with an absorbing depth, texture, and acoustic isolation. Despite appearances as the nap-room, it mainly functions as an internal and client meeting space. Adjacent is the office where the milk-grey seen on the painted floors extends up to the color of the custom workstation, pin-up board, and shelving which wraps three walls continuously allowing the firm to experiment with different modes of work and collaboration.

 Floor Plan

其结果是一个独特的空间集合，恭维，但不模仿对方。房间之间的空隙被故意留得很小，以强调从一个房间到另一个房间时的离别感。自始至终，定制的胶合板磨坊都被抄写到现有墙壁的不规则几何图形上。选择朴素的材料不仅是为了美观，而且是为了节省开支，便于更换。

The result is a collection of distinct spaces that compliment but do not imitate each other. Openings between rooms were left deliberately modest to accentuate the sense of departure when passing from one to the next. Throughout, custom plywood millwork is scribed to the irregular geometry of the existing walls. Modest materials were selected for economy and ease of replacement as much as aesthetics.

 © Nicole Franzen

(尼科尔·弗兰森)