ACDF Architecture

Playster Headquarters

Playster Headquarters
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Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams

PLAYSTER HEADQUARTERS

ACDF Architecture

MANUFACTURERS
LumiGroup, SICO, Shaw, Tandus Centiva

FURNITURE
Haworth

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Avicor

PROJECT MANAGER
CBRE

MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Christian R. Roy Inc.

MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Christian R. Roy Inc.

PROJECT TEAM
Maxime-Alexis Frappier, Joan Renaud, Veronica Lalli, Martin St-Georges, Alain Larivée, Valérie Soucy

PHOTOGRAPHS
Adrien Williams

AREA
1670 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Montreal, Canada

CATEGORY
Offices Interiors

Playster is a young and fast-growing company that provides a global subscription-based entertainment service, with offices in New York and Los Angeles.

Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams
Playster Headquarters
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ACDF Architecture was commissioned to design its headquarters on Peel Street in downtown Montreal.

Making the most out of the original setting – a 1980s-built office tower - the architects used the existing walls to create a variety of vibrant private spaces, thus saving resources and money.

Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams
Playster Headquarters
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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 colors and white surfaces.

The architects proposed an exciting chromatic pattern that reinvents the 18,000-square-foot space. 

Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams
Playster Headquarters
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Reminiscent of the company’s logo, blocks of color saturate the walls and carpets to create a strong visual impact and demarcate different zones in a fluid progression.

The colors encourage team gatherings in the open space and stimulate a sense of belonging among the employees as each team has its own color.

Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams
Playster Headquarters
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A white corridor balances the strong identity of the colorful areas.

It acts as a spine, connecting meeting rooms and links the bright sections to one another, and functions as a place of respite from the lively vibe of the offices.

White vinyl panels in the corridor define several breakout areas where employees can have a chat and rest from their busy schedules.

Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams
Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams
Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams

Playster now enjoys flexible and stimulating offices, where creative work emerges from fruitful social interactions.


Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams
Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams
Playster Headquarters
© Adrien Williams


Playster Headquarters
Floor Plan

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