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Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel

Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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PALO ALTO NETWORKS OFFICES ISRAEL

Setter Architects

MANUFACTURERS
Herman Miller, Interface, Maars, Saint Gobain, Troldtekt

PROJECT DESIGNER
Shirli Zamir

PROJECT MANAGER
Chen Yaron, Yaron-Levy

ASSOCIATE
Shirli Zamir

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Setter Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Itay Sikolski

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Israel, Israel

CATEGORY
Offices Interiors

Text description provided by architect.

Palo Alto Networks is a company involved in developing cyber defense solutions.

Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski
Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski

It is located in downtown Tel Aviv, on the 24th floor of a complex of multi-story office towers alongside an eclectic variety of buildings built during the city's historical eras.

This is a multi-layered colorful part of Tel Aviv, where alongside banks and high tech companies, one finds low-tech businesses and assorted shops such as painting workshops, artists’ studios and restaurants.

Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski
Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski

The design inspiration evolved from the aim of introducing that colorful eclectic low-tech outside environment into the 24th floor where Palo Alto, one of the world’s most innovative companies, is located.

As the design team, we imported characteristic elements from the outside environment, filtered them into a design vocabulary and gave them different uses. For example:

Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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Steel windovw profiles and garage doors evolved in their role and expression into open-space partitions.

Exposed brick blocks found a new role as an interior wall in a conference room.

Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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Old textured window glass were integrated in the partitions dividing private and public spaces.

Paint buckets from painting workshops become distinctive wall decorations.

Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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Old industrial fan blades became ultramodern light fixtures.

All employees, including managers, work in open spaces located at the perimeter of the floor, alongside the windows. 

Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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Transparent high partitions enable intimacy and improve acoustics, yet allow the urban feel of the outside environment to flow in.

Throughout the floor are formal/informal conference rooms, classrooms and working spaces that benefit from the transparent materials and visualization of the whole floor. These transparent walls conceptualize the company's major product - its firewall.

Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
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Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski
Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski


Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski
Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski
Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski
Palo Alto Networks Offices Israel
© Itay Sikolski


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