Matrix Beyond Bronze د دفتر ودانۍ بیارغونه by Shujian You is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزه in د معمارۍ، ودانۍ او جوړښت ډیزاین Competition Category.
اوسپنهمعماري· 2025
Matrix Beyond Bronze د دفتر ودانۍ بیارغونه
by Shujian You
Client: Sj
د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزه Winner in معماري Category
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About Matrix Beyond Bronze د دفتر ودانۍ بیارغونه
دا پروژه د سیګرام د ماډرنیست ودانۍ د راتلونکي کاري ځای په توګه بدلوي، د انساني هوساینې او چاپیریال پوري مسؤولیت ته لومړیتوب ورکوي پداسې حال کې چې د هغې مشهوره برونزي مخ ساتي. یوه نوې دوه پوستکي جوړښت د انرژۍ فعالیت لوړوي، د کوم په دننه کې اضافه شوي جوړښتونه د تطبیق وړ زونونه تعریفوي، د ویشونکو او زیرمو په توګه کار کوي چې د خلاص پلان طرحه بیارغوي. د پنډمیک وروسته د کاري ځای اړتیاو ته په پام سره، دا لاسوهنه د سیګرام ودانۍ بیا ژوندي کوي، د نوي کړل شوي داخلي میټرکس له لارې یې اهمیت بیا رامنځته کوي.
The Recognition
About the د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزه
Matrix Beyond Bronze د دفتر ودانۍ بیارغونه د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزې ګټونکی دی، یوه ویاړلې پېژندنه چې ښو ډیزاینونو ته ورکول کېږي چې هغه مسلکي او صنعتي اړتیاوې پوره کوي چې له ښه ډیزاین شویو جوړښتونو څخه تمه کېږي. د اوسپنې ګټونکي د خپلو جوړوونکو لویه مهارت، لوړه تخصص، کارپوهانه پوهه او خلاقي وړتیا ښيي. له Matrix Beyond Bronze د دفتر ودانۍ بیارغونه څخه تمه کېږي چې یو ډېر ارزښتناک، ستایل شوی او ګران جوړښت وي چې عملي او نوښتګر دی. دا د اوسپنې A' Design Award جایزې ګټونکی ډیزاین د صنعت غوره کړنلارې یو ځای کوي او وړ تخنیکي ځانګړتیاوې لري چې له پوهې او استعداد سره تړلي دي. Matrix Beyond Bronze د دفتر ودانۍ بیارغونه د خپل دقت له امله درناوی کېږي او د ژوند د کیفیت داسې ښه والی وړاندې کولو لپاره ډیزاین شوی چې نړۍ یو ښه ځای ګرځولو کې مرسته کوي.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This project reimagines the Seagram Building by superimposing a 45-degree grid onto its modernist framework, creating a double-skin facade that enhances energy efficiency while preserving its heritage, with triangular wellness spaces in between. Added structures transform the office space into adaptable zones, serving as storage, partitions, and stairs that redefine the open-plan layout. The design prioritizes well-being, sustainability, and a forward-thinking workplace vision.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The Seagram Building’s vertical structure and facade remain intact, while every other concrete floor and beams are replaced with a CLT system, integrating with the existing frame, ensuring vertical and lateral stability. The void between CLT and the original structure conceals a retrofitted mechanical system, optimizing energy efficiency and space utilization. This approach enhances functionality, sustainability, and allows the upgrades to happen without altering the building’s historic exterior.
- Tags
- Building Renovation, Workplace, Co-working Space, Modular Design, Sustainable Design
- Production Technology
- The facade retrofit employs a modular CLT and double-glazed curtain wall system, ensuring precision, reduced waste, and efficient on-site assembly. Sustainably sourced timber provides structural integrity and warmth, while high-performance glazing enhances insulation. The directional facade strategy and Integrated blinds offer additional shading, reducing energy demand. The modular approach allows seamless integration with the existing structure, preserving heritage while upgrading thermal and spatial efficiency.
- Design Challenge
- The greatest challenge was balancing modern sustainability with the Seagram Building’s historic integrity. The rigid modernist grid conflicted with the need for a workplace suggested by latest researches that value boundaries as a tool for productivity and well-being. The solution emerged by superimposing a 45-degree grid, introducing modular storage partition units and an inner facade system. This approach preserved the original aesthetic while enhancing building energy performance and redefining spatial boundaries as a positive element that enhances workplace quality.
- Research
- This research explores building energy efficiency, workplace design through post-pandemic shifts, and spatial psychology. It aims to provide a scalable strategy to transform heritage office buildings with improved sustainability and workers' well-being. Using case studies, simulations, and expert interviews, data was collected on improved building energy performance with added inner facade system, and altered office behavior with partitions. Testing modular partition of different plans and openness revealed how structured boundaries enhance focus and productivity, providing a direction for future workplace design.
- Inspiration
- The Seagram Building, a modernist icon, embodies minimalist elegance but reflects a time when energy efficiency was secondary. It highlights the challenge of adapting heritage buildings to modern performance standards and evolving workplace needs, especially post-pandemic. Open-plan offices, once symbols of collaboration, now face criticism for lacking personal boundaries. How can we honor modernist architecture while meeting today’s demand for sustainable, human-centered office spaces?
- Project Duration
- Future project in New York City
- Operation Flow
- Added structures serve as staggered partitions and storage walls, balancing fluid movement and the creation of spatial boundaries while redefining the open-plan layout. They form diverse work zones, integrating reception, meeting spaces, a library, a refreshment lounge, and staircases to foster interaction. Integrated AR/MR systems amplify collaboration, enabling seamless interaction between physical and remote virtual spaces.
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