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/ BUILDING DIALOGUE / DECEMBER 2016

tions are ultimately created through leveraging relationships with dozens of

manufacturers on each project.

Recognizing the Importance of the Test Drive

Instead of just highlighting products, the showroomalso serves as a function-

ing office environment for our own team. By showcasing products in a working

office environment, companies are better able to see how everything can work

together. Clients can walk through, sit, stand and use the spaces as they would

in real life. The serendipitous interactions of the teams prove that the space is

functioning just as intended.

Streamlining the Process

Until now, putting together all the elements that go into creating an ideal

workplace experience has been time-consuming and cumbersome. Typical-

ly, companies had to visit countless vendor showrooms that provided only a

small portion of what they wanted to see and experience. The Discovery Center

streamlines that process by putting everything under one roof.

As expectations for the workplace have grown and become more sophisticat-

ed, the showrooms that employers and designers use to decide on the products

they need to create the ideal workplace experience have to evolve as well.

/ Game Changer: New Showroom Offers Integrated Furnishings Approach /

ABOVE:

The Elements Discovery Center lobby

showcases Bernhardt Apel Ottoman

and seating. In the background are

various Knoll Studio items, including

Barcelona and Skeleton chairs, and a

collection of Holly Hunt.

RIGHT:

The "Freeze-or-Burn" outdoor meeting

area: A garage-style door opens up to

this new space featuring Landscape

Forms' Morrison Table and stools, Parcs

outdoor lounge seating, and a fantastic

new building-side mural by Denver

street artist Dread.

FAR RIGHT:

Our "Patent" meeting space features

a multitude of DIRTT preconstructed

solutions. Shown here are DIRTT

panels with custom art prints, DIRTT

raised flooring, DIRTT laser-etched

ceiling panels, a customized DIRTT

tabletop, and embedded displays from

our technology division.