Burrard Exchange | Bentall Centre
A modern commercial lounge interior featuring an intricate folded timber ceiling and floor-to-ceiling glass that blurs boundaries with an exterior garden terrace.
- What we like about this project
- The ceiling folds geometrically like origami, creating faceted planes that direct visual lines toward the outdoor terrace.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- upholstered-fabric
- concrete
- metal
Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-ceiling
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
- outdoor-terrace
- modular-lounge-seating
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- corporate-lounge
Visual tags
- commercial-interior
- biophilic
- transparent
- lounge
- daylit
- Geometry
- Wide rectilinear open-plan volume defined by full-height perimeter glazing and a folded triangulated timber slat ceiling.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural glass curtain wall with slender metal mullions.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete columns supporting a long-span floor plate with suspended timber ceiling system.
- Spatial scale
- Generous double-height or tall-volume commercial lounge with large seating groups and oversized planters.
- Lighting
- Abundant natural daylight entering through full-height perimeter glass, supplemented by suspended decorative globes and slender task fixtures.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, airy, and socially active with warm natural wood tones balancing cool exterior urban views.
- Environmental context
- High-rise commercial terrace setting with surrounding urban towers visible through the glazing and abundant rooftop planting.
- Spatial experience
- A bright, transparent threshold space linking indoor lounge seating seamlessly to an exterior green terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window mullions match the fine rhythm of the overhead linear timber slats.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate biophilic interior
- Program
- Commercial office amenity lounge and terrace
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, glass, upholstered-fabric, concrete, metal
- Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-ceiling, floor-to-ceiling-glass, outdoor-terrace, modular-lounge-seating
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, corporate-lounge
- Visual tags
- commercial-interior, biophilic, transparent, lounge, daylit
- Geometry
- Wide rectilinear open-plan volume defined by full-height perimeter glazing and a folded triangulated timber slat ceiling.
- Facade system
- Full-height structural glass curtain wall with slender metal mullions.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete columns supporting a long-span floor plate with suspended timber ceiling system.
- Spatial scale
- Generous double-height or tall-volume commercial lounge with large seating groups and oversized planters.
- Lighting
- Abundant natural daylight entering through full-height perimeter glass, supplemented by suspended decorative globes and slender task fixtures.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, airy, and socially active with warm natural wood tones balancing cool exterior urban views.
- Environmental context
- High-rise commercial terrace setting with surrounding urban towers visible through the glazing and abundant rooftop planting.
- Spatial experience
- A bright, transparent threshold space linking indoor lounge seating seamlessly to an exterior green terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window mullions match the fine rhythm of the overhead linear timber slats.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate biophilic interior
- Program
- Commercial office amenity lounge and terrace
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior