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Playster Headquarters by ACDF includes brightly coloured workspaces
Canadian studio ACDF Architecture has used the colours of Playster's logo to create vibrant office spaces at the company's Montreal headquarters.
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ACDF revamped a 18,000-square-foot (1,670-square-metre) space in a 1980s tower on Peel Street for subscription-based entertainment service Playster's third office location, after New York and Los Angeles.
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"To give their clients an environment suited to the company's high energy and creativity, the architects developed a contemporary, open-concept design highlighted by a clever play of bright colours and white surfaces," said ACDF, which has offices in Montreal and nearby Saint-Hyacinthe.
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To keep costs down, existing internal walls were retained but given a technicolour makeover. Matched with colourful carpets, they create a rainbow sequence through the series of meeting rooms, open-plan workspaces, breakout areas and private offices.
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"Reminiscent of the company's logo, blocks of colour saturate the walls and carpets, creating a strong visual impact and demarcate different zones in a fluid progression," said the studio, which also used bold colours in the headquarters for software company Lightspeed.
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Each team is assigned a different colour, providing Playster employees with a sense of identity within the company.
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The colourful spaces around the edges of the plan are connected by an entirely white corridor down the centre. This space provides a stark contrast and "functions as a place of respite from the lively vibe of the offices".
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White walls, ceilings and furniture are also used in some of the workspaces to tone down the impact of the bright hues.
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Fully coloured areas are reserved for more informal spaces, like the yellow games room with foosball and table-tennis tables, and a blue lounge.
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Some areas are partitioned with floor-to-ceiling glazing, while vinyl floor and wall panels provide a glossy finish.
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"Playster now enjoys flexible and stimulating offices, where creative work emerges from fruitful social interactions," ACDF said.
The firm's previous work has ranged from a holiday home with a cantilevered living room to an arts centre fronted with chunky steel-clad columns.
Photography is by Adrien Williams.
Project credits:
Architect: ACDF Architecture
Architectural project team: Maxime-Alexis Frappier, Joan Renaud, Veronica Lalli, Martin St-Georges, Alain Larivée, Valérie Soucy
Mechanical-electrical engineer: Christian R Roy
Project manager: CBRE
General contractor: Avicor
Furniture: Haworth