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Seeking to expand its New York headquarters at 10 Hudson Yards, global firm Boston Consulting Group took over an additional floor. The new 41st level, the lowest of the sequence, was conceived as a sort of root: a foundation designed to unify all seven floors and express the workplace’s progression from past to future. In this way, the new space instills aesthetic cohesion while anticipating subsequent growth.

The floors are connected by a common language of features, materials, and hues, yet distinguished by subtle variations. For example, elevator lobbies all feature wood slats supported by a matte-black iron framework, but in a slightly different location on each floor. This design gesture was extended to the 41st floor, too; in this case, the fins are wood on three sides, metal on the other. The fins twist as they extend the corridor, sparking a dynamic intermingling of different materials.

The slats continue onto the ceiling plane in common areas throughout, but here, metal was used instead of wood. These reflective fins are oriented north/south to guide foot traffic toward the pantry and communal area. There, a corridor wall finished in white lacquer forms the backdrop for a creative technology element: a pattern of rectangles that animates in reaction to the motion of passersby (tracked by a hidden camera).

The configuration of light fixtures changes from zone to zone, imparting a visual rhythm that directs movement toward the perimeter. Linear fixtures at the center of the floor plate transition to squares in small case rooms, then to round-cornered squares in medium case rooms, and finally to a segmented composition of straight and curved lines in large case rooms. Where the ceiling curves, so does the lighting, taking on a more organic form as it flows into open office areas.

For continuity, the colors used on 41 are a slightly softer, more sophisticated version of those on higher floors. To abet wayfinding, each of the four room types is designated by a single hue. Applied to acoustic wall paneling, this main color is interspersed with up to four other accent shades to create a unique wallcovering, ensuring no two rooms are alike.

There are no private offices in this free-address workplace. Open office areas are accessed via corridors lined with booths that provide single-occupant or face-to-face seating. Enhancing each booth is an original wall graphic by IA’s Experiential Design team, inspired by patterns found in data and nature. The team also created an engaging abstract mural that runs behind banquette seating in the communal area.

The new floor also hosts a library with varied seating options, including high-backed chairs and tables along the window line; above, a biophilic wallcovering on the ceiling suggests the presence of live plants. The project scope encompassed phone booths, focus rooms, a pantry, generous workstations, a mother’s room, and a prayer/wellness room added to the floor above, easily accessed by a glass-enclosed angular stair connecting the two floors’ communal areas—literally linking the new and existing levels.