The U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters features flexible neighborhoods of employees and amenities based on top corporate workplace designs. Automatically-dimming lights and healthy drywall, paint, and ceilings help the building earn LEED® Silver certification.

The SOM-designed custom PVC-free, biodegradable carpet tiles use reclaimed materials and dyes with minimal environmental impact. The carpet promotes employee health and earns the maximum LEED® points in its category.

Biography: Stephen Apking, FAIA

  

Conclusion

As the design of the workplace comes to be viewed as an integrated product capable of supporting employee work patterns, adapting to change, and responding to its environment, it is taking on greater importance as a tool for increasing organizational effectiveness. Tuning an office for this level of performance requires an understanding of how people and information flow through a contemporary work environment. It requires an ability to consider not just space planning but furniture design, materials selection, and technology. And it requires sensitivity to organizational culture. If done right, a workplace revitalization yields tangible results, making a company’s real estate part of the solution by providing maximum value and bringing out the best in people.

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