Client Introduction
NEXT
NEXT is a progressive and global architecture and interior design firm based in Los Angeles, CA, with 27 locations around the world, and is looking to expand to the Dallas area.
This new location will focus in the areas of Corporate, Healthcare, and Education Design.
Design Drivers
Recruit and retain top design talent
Encourage cross-generational mentoring
Increase employee wellbeing, experience, engagement, and collaboration
Utilize technology integrations to address seamless connectivity between global office teams and locations, those working from home, and clients
Enable community outreach, including hosting student events and industry partners
Dallas, Texas
With a population of 7.5 million, Dallas is a large metropolitan area with a strong economy. It is the fifth-most diverse city in the U.S. and an attractive location for the new talent that NEXT hopes to attract.
Changing Workplace
Emerging Workplace Tensions
The workplace is changing. Hybrid work environments and global collaboration are becoming the norm, creating tensions in the work place that require balance for successful design.
Seeking Balanced Solutions
Design Statement
Metamorphosis
Design is change. Design is a process.
Much like the metamorphosis of a catepillar into a butterfly, NEXT, as a leading architecture and design firm, seeks to guide each of its clients through the design journey, evolving from initial concept into a final, stunning realization.
This metamorphosis-inspired design draws from the repeating organic shapes seen in caterpillars, the design symmetry found in the wings of butterflies, and the texture, colors, and biophilia of a butterfly garden.
Embracing change as a positive force, we aim to create a functional design that adapts and morphs to meet the varying needs and scenarios of this company.
Inspiration Imagery
3rd Floor Furnishings Plan
1 - Private/Phone Booth
2 - Enclosed Huddle Rooms
3 - Meeting Room
4 - Resource Center
5 - Wellness Space
6 - Elevator to Mezzanine
7 - Private Office - Managing Director
8 - Pivate Office - Sustainability Director
9 - HR Manager
10 - Corporate Project Coordinator
11 - Private Office - Corporate Studio Director
12 - Private Office - Corporate Design Director
13 - Innovation Lab
14 - Design Library
15 - Corporate Workstations - Designers
16 - Corporate Workstations - Designers/Architects
17 - Bicycle Storage
18 - Reception
19 - Mother’s Room
20 - Client Presentation Room
21 - Training Classroom
22 - Work Cafe
23 - Sun Patio
Mezzanine Furnishings Plan
1 - Resource Center
2 - Private Office - Education Studio Director
3 - Private Office - Education Design Director
4 - Private Office - Healthcare Studio Director
5 - Private Office - Healthcare Design Director
6 - Vistitor Workstations
7 - Elevator to 3rd Floor
8- Healthcare Workstations - Designers
9 - Healthcare Workstations - Architects/Project Coords.
10- Education Workstations - Designers/Architects
11 - Mixed WorkstationsIT Director, Marketing Director Interns, Visitors
12 - Standing Desks - Flex
13 - Private Phone Booths
14 - Meeting Space
15 - Huddle Spaces
16 - Enclosed Lounge Space
17 - Open Lounge Space
Reception
Work Cafe
Work Cafe
Partial 3rd Floor Reflected Ceiling Plan
NIC
Client Presentation Room
Training Classroom
Work Cafe
Mother’s Room
Reception
Recessed Down Light
Lumenplus Cylinder Pendant
Lumenplus Cylinder Pendant
HF Chrysalis Light
Moooi Heracleum Light
Arktura Vapor Bloom Panel
Campfire Big Lamp