FR-2 CHICAGO OFFICE INTERIOR

Chicago, Illinois, USA

2015

The design for the office interiors of FR-2 in Chicago took the exploration of timbrel further, this time in an interior context.

The project involves a fit-out of a conventional glass-clad office building in downtown Chicago. The design creates a beautiful, dynamic and lofty vaulted earth-tiled soffit, made from river sand from the owner Joe Ritchie’s farm. Under this, aedicules of different shapes and heights, made of environmentally friendly ‘beetle damaged pine’ contain work spaces and create courtyard meeting areas. The fit-out yields a space of calm and dignity.