Berczy Square – 33 Yonge Street
An interior precedent for biophilic commercial atriums utilizing vertical timber-clad cores, sunken lounge seating, and cascading vegetation to humanize monumental vertical volumes.
- What we like about this project
- Floating circular suspended rings double as glowing light fixtures and abstract green islands.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- planting
- metal
- carpet
Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-core
- hanging-light-rings
- sunken-lounge
- atrium-void
- green-wall
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- corporate
- warm-modern
Visual tags
- atrium
- biophilic-design
- commercial-lobby
- vertical-void
- warm-lighting
- Geometry
- Multi-story vertical atrium volume featuring a central wrapped column core, stepped sunken seating platform, and bridging upper floor walkways.
- Structural guess
- Steel and concrete composite tower floor plates with a central core enclosure.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental multi-story atrium scale with human-scaled furniture groups and sunken fire lounge at the base.
- Lighting
- Soft ambient upward wash from vertical timber slats, glowing suspended pendant rings, and a bright yellow overhead soffit element.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, warm, and biophilically rich lobby space balancing monumental scale with inviting human-scaled gathering spots.
- Environmental context
- Indoor commercial office tower atrium lobby with visible perimeter office floor plates looking inward.
- Spatial experience
- Gaze travels upward through a dramatic multi-level vertical void animated by warm vertical slats, cascading greenery, and hanging circular light fixtures.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical repetition of timber slats interrupted by horizontal planting bands and bridging walkways.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic corporate interior
- Program
- Commercial office tower atrium lobby
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, glass, planting, metal, carpet
- Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-core, hanging-light-rings, sunken-lounge, atrium-void, green-wall
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, corporate, warm-modern
- Visual tags
- atrium, biophilic-design, commercial-lobby, vertical-void, warm-lighting
- Geometry
- Multi-story vertical atrium volume featuring a central wrapped column core, stepped sunken seating platform, and bridging upper floor walkways.
- Structural guess
- Steel and concrete composite tower floor plates with a central core enclosure.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental multi-story atrium scale with human-scaled furniture groups and sunken fire lounge at the base.
- Lighting
- Soft ambient upward wash from vertical timber slats, glowing suspended pendant rings, and a bright yellow overhead soffit element.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, warm, and biophilically rich lobby space balancing monumental scale with inviting human-scaled gathering spots.
- Environmental context
- Indoor commercial office tower atrium lobby with visible perimeter office floor plates looking inward.
- Spatial experience
- Gaze travels upward through a dramatic multi-level vertical void animated by warm vertical slats, cascading greenery, and hanging circular light fixtures.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical repetition of timber slats interrupted by horizontal planting bands and bridging walkways.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic corporate interior
- Program
- Commercial office tower atrium lobby
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior