Booth Hansen

Opportunity: After spending years in a cramped office space structured around traditional office cubicles, the firm sought to create a more flexible working environment that would accommodate team collaboration.

Solution: Booth Hansen adapted a former paper warehouse to create a mixed-use office/condominium building in Chicago’s West Loop, transforming the pedestrian level space into the firm’s new office. The 10,000 sf interior build out contains a combination of fixed workbenches and mobile carts. Each workbench provides power, computer, and telephone access, while individual carts provides 16’ of bookcase storage and a 3’x 4’ working surface. Teams may be organized on a moments notice, expanding or contracting as work demands.

Value: Sustainable materials include recycled rubber floor, formaldehyde free wheat boards for millwork, energy efficient florescent T- 5 fixtures, a minimal amount of paint coatings and sealants, maximized natural day lighting, regional materials and certified, rapid growing wood.