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Payette

Based in Boston, Payette designs academic, research, and assembly facilities characterized by articulated glass envelopes—featuring sweeping concave curves and stepped facade planes—alongside visible structural trusses and fluid interior circulation soffits. This work serves as a precise reference when balancing open, frameless glazed volumes against deep vertical shading fins, or when revealing complex structural roof logic through fully transparent gables.

Upward angled interior view of intersecting staircases and organic cutouts in white multi-story ceilings by Payette.

Upward angled interior view of intersecting staircases and organic

An interior atrium precedent showcasing dynamic vertical circulation through interlocking floorplate cutouts and floating stair assemblies.

What we like about this project
The framing of organic voids wraps smoothly into the stair soffits to read as a continuous folded ribbon.

Materials

  • painted-drywall
  • glass
  • steel
  • wood-panel

Visual identifiers

  • organic-cutouts
  • intersecting-stairs
  • white-ceilings
  • atrium-void

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • modern
  • minimalist-white

Visual tags

  • atrium
  • circulation
  • multi-level
  • organic-geometry
  • institutional
  • daylight
Geometry
Multi-level atrium view looking upward, featuring diagonal staircases and organic curved floorplate cutouts creating interlocking geometric voids.
Structural guess
Steel frame with composite concrete floor slabs
Spatial scale
Large-scale institutional atrium spanning multiple vertical stories with grand staircase volumes.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight entering from upper skylights and clerestories, complemented by flush round recessed ceiling fixtures.
Atmosphere
Clean, luminous, and sculptural, emphasizing crisp fluid lines and vertical porosity.
Environmental context
Interior multi-story atrium space within a large public, academic, or corporate building.
Spatial experience
A dynamic vertical atrium where overlapping stairs and angled ceiling planes draw the eye upward through sequential cutouts.
Composition rhythm
Diagonal stair treads and repeating circular recessed downlights create a rhythmic contrast against sweeping organic voids.
Style reading
Contemporary institutional modernism
Program
Academic or corporate atrium and circulation core
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
interior
Materials
painted-drywall, glass, steel, wood-panel
Visual identifiers
organic-cutouts, intersecting-stairs, white-ceilings, atrium-void
Style tags
contemporary, modern, minimalist-white
Visual tags
atrium, circulation, multi-level, organic-geometry, institutional, daylight
Geometry
Multi-level atrium view looking upward, featuring diagonal staircases and organic curved floorplate cutouts creating interlocking geometric voids.
Structural guess
Steel frame with composite concrete floor slabs
Spatial scale
Large-scale institutional atrium spanning multiple vertical stories with grand staircase volumes.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight entering from upper skylights and clerestories, complemented by flush round recessed ceiling fixtures.
Atmosphere
Clean, luminous, and sculptural, emphasizing crisp fluid lines and vertical porosity.
Environmental context
Interior multi-story atrium space within a large public, academic, or corporate building.
Spatial experience
A dynamic vertical atrium where overlapping stairs and angled ceiling planes draw the eye upward through sequential cutouts.
Composition rhythm
Diagonal stair treads and repeating circular recessed downlights create a rhythmic contrast against sweeping organic voids.
Style reading
Contemporary institutional modernism
Program
Academic or corporate atrium and circulation core
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
interior

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Upward angled interior view of intersecting staircases and organic cutouts in white multi-story ceilings by Payette.

Upward angled interior view of intersecting staircases and organic

An interior atrium precedent showcasing dynamic vertical circulation through interlocking floorplate cutouts and floating stair assemblies.

What we like about this project
The framing of organic voids wraps smoothly into the stair soffits to read as a continuous folded ribbon.

Materials

  • painted-drywall
  • glass
  • steel
  • wood-panel

Visual identifiers

  • organic-cutouts
  • intersecting-stairs
  • white-ceilings
  • atrium-void

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • modern
  • minimalist-white

Visual tags

  • atrium
  • circulation
  • multi-level
  • organic-geometry
  • institutional
  • daylight
Geometry
Multi-level atrium view looking upward, featuring diagonal staircases and organic curved floorplate cutouts creating interlocking geometric voids.
Structural guess
Steel frame with composite concrete floor slabs
Spatial scale
Large-scale institutional atrium spanning multiple vertical stories with grand staircase volumes.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight entering from upper skylights and clerestories, complemented by flush round recessed ceiling fixtures.
Atmosphere
Clean, luminous, and sculptural, emphasizing crisp fluid lines and vertical porosity.
Environmental context
Interior multi-story atrium space within a large public, academic, or corporate building.
Spatial experience
A dynamic vertical atrium where overlapping stairs and angled ceiling planes draw the eye upward through sequential cutouts.
Composition rhythm
Diagonal stair treads and repeating circular recessed downlights create a rhythmic contrast against sweeping organic voids.
Style reading
Contemporary institutional modernism
Program
Academic or corporate atrium and circulation core
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
interior
Materials
painted-drywall, glass, steel, wood-panel
Visual identifiers
organic-cutouts, intersecting-stairs, white-ceilings, atrium-void
Style tags
contemporary, modern, minimalist-white
Visual tags
atrium, circulation, multi-level, organic-geometry, institutional, daylight
Geometry
Multi-level atrium view looking upward, featuring diagonal staircases and organic curved floorplate cutouts creating interlocking geometric voids.
Structural guess
Steel frame with composite concrete floor slabs
Spatial scale
Large-scale institutional atrium spanning multiple vertical stories with grand staircase volumes.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight entering from upper skylights and clerestories, complemented by flush round recessed ceiling fixtures.
Atmosphere
Clean, luminous, and sculptural, emphasizing crisp fluid lines and vertical porosity.
Environmental context
Interior multi-story atrium space within a large public, academic, or corporate building.
Spatial experience
A dynamic vertical atrium where overlapping stairs and angled ceiling planes draw the eye upward through sequential cutouts.
Composition rhythm
Diagonal stair treads and repeating circular recessed downlights create a rhythmic contrast against sweeping organic voids.
Style reading
Contemporary institutional modernism
Program
Academic or corporate atrium and circulation core
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
interior

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