Project Description

The Novartis Office Building is a 140,000-square-foot oncology office building at Novartis's North American Headquarters. Five floors of open office work areas are connected by an ascending spiral of "living rooms," public spaces with vistas to the generous 230-acre campus. Marked by wood finishes, column free spans, and low iron glass, the "living rooms" provide a common ground for distinct project groups to interact.

Furnished with custom designed wingspan chairs that bring tactility and definition to double-height spaces, the “living rooms” serve to domesticate the office building typology and introduce an alternative spatial rhythm to the workplace, providing a range of micro-environments. The primary open work areas are light-filled and configured for maximum flexibility and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Clad in a curtain wall of oscillating acid-etched, reflective, and low iron glass, the building mirrors the surrounding landscape and introduces an innovative paradigm for collaborative work.

The building is part of Novartis's refreshed North American campus, which also includes buildings by Rafael Viñoly, Fumihiko Maki, and Vittorio Lampugnani.

Selected Recognition

AIA NY Design Excellence Award, AIA NJ Design Merit Award, AIA NY State Design Honor Award, ENR Best of the Best Office/Retail/Mixed Use Project Award, ENR Best Project Award in Green Category, Architect Magazine Annual Design Review Citation.

Featured in Architect Magazine, ArchDaily, The PLAN Magazine, Architectural Record, and others.

Photography © WEISS/MANFREDI

Role

Project Architect