Commercial Workplace Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONSCORPORATE WORKPLACE FEBRUARY 2016



KSS ARCHITECTS INNOVATION IN THE INTERSECTIONS FIRM HISTORY We consistently use creativity to turn opportunity into reality. We are relentless and fearless inKSS Architects is a full-service architecture, our reimagining of what places can be, creatingplanning, and interior design firm in Princeton, meaningful innovation that realizes many goalsNew Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since at once. Although we face a world more complexour founding in Princeton in 1983, KSS Architects than ever before, our inquisitive minds and deephas matured, growing in size, abilities, and expertise provide the unique ability to solveambitions. With over 51% ownership by women, challenges with elegant, effective solutions that goKSS is currently in the process of obtaining WBE beyond single paradigm design.certifications in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, andNew York. KSS today has a staff of 60 talented RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE LASTINGand dedicated design professionals passionateabout creating built environments that stimulate We believe that deep human relationships are thecommerce, learning, and community. heart of all great architecture. We value building those relationships as much as the building ofGUIDANCE THROUGH THE PROCESS stone and steel. We are experts at building bonds between people and project, client and community.Our clients are leaders in the fields of business, Our firm creates design solutions that facilitateindustry, education, development, cultural and and celebrate these interwoven relationships,social impact. They call us their trusted advisor creating rich and rewarding communities.because we have honed a process of ideation,built upon intensive listening, deep research, and DESIGN THAT INSPIREScollaborative imagining. We think like owners,stewarding all the resources of the project to the Architecture, when steeped in expertisegreatest return. We have earned the trust of our and insight, can affect meaningful change—clients to lead them through challenges, manage transforming the heart of the matter beyondthe process, and exceed their goals with design metal and mortar, into empowerment, creativity,that inspires and execution that delivers. knowledge and achievement. Thoughtful detail imbedded in a structure cultivates change - meaningful and lasting change.



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HEADQUARTERS ASMARKETPLACECASE STUDY: BURLINGTONSTORES HEADQUARTERSWith fresh ideas and offerings, Burlington Storeswas growing and transforming itself in the off-price retail market. They were in need of a newcorporate headquarters that would create amodern and dynamic workplace and display theirbrand for the world to see. The executive teamat the new building would be supported by alarge workforce of merchant buyers—young anddynamic, they moved frequently and effortless-ly between locations in New York City and thecompany’s traditional home in Burlington, NewJersey. As such, they craved collaboration—a placeto intersect with vendors and a space where theycan interact with merchandise. The solution:to create a workplace that is a marketplace.

Option 1: Large Floor Plate FINDING THE RIGHT FLOOR PLATEOption 2: Campus CommunityOption 3: Integrated Approach Burlington Stores sought to build its new headquarters on a previously purchased site adjacent to its existing offices. They engaged a civil engineer to develop a plan to accommodate their full office needs on a three-story footprint. The result was a deep floor plate with its dominant facades oriented away from the street and facing East and West. Given this circumstance, an opportunity existed to explore the prototypical office building with the owner in order to better realize the corporate objectives. To find the right fit for the right floor plate on the site, a sequence of scenarios was developed: LARGE FLOOR PLATE: The given site diagram, this solution turns away from the street requiring an expression of identity associated with a minor façade. The East / West dominant facades would need to incorporate screening elements to protect from direct sun. Light wells would be required to introduce natural light. MODIFIED LARGE FLOOR PLATE: The depth of the floor plate has been reduced by introducing a fourth floor. The geometry has been modified to address the entrance drive, and hierarchy created. Yet the building still suffers from large and deep floors and less than optimal solar orientation. THE CAMPUS APPROACH: Understanding the desire for residual value, three “prototypical” developer office buildings are joined to form a corporate campus. While floor plates are more manageable and offer opportunities for better daylight, the workspace becomes disjointed and fails to bring the organization together. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH: Learning from the optimal depth of the prototype buildings and the opportunities for better integration offered by large plate solutions, a diagram is developed that extends a four-story bar of appropriate depth along the best solar orientation and toward the street. A second “building” is introduced that is lower in height and

carefully positioned. An extended, rather thancentralized atrium of public space is introduced tointerconnect the spaces.THE SIMPLIFIED DIAGRAM:The idea is simplified into a diagram of two officeplaces interconnected by a dynamic public space.That space, organized against an outdoor plazaand stretched against the whole building, providesfor corporate identity towards the street withprogram and spaces that interconnect a dynamicworkplace.Beginning with site orientation and floor platedesign, an extensive, in-depth exploration revealedthe most advantageous scenario: it is of two officeplaces interconnected by an energetic public space.That space, organized against an outdoor plaza andstretched against the whole building, provides forcorporate identity towards the street, and offersprogram elements and spaces that together createa dynamic workplace.A new face of corporate identity is achieved asthe bustling public space within the building opensonto the outdoor plaza in which it is nested. Theground floor of this building is where vendors andvisitors come to interact with the merchant teamand where that team can come together in a largeand vibrant way. Vendor rooms, where garmentsare displayed, bought, and sold, line the majorthoroughfares through the building along withlarge meeting rooms to accommodate town hallpresentations. The upstairs workplaces are lively—there are special delineations for workstationsto be left open, creating a more studio-likeatmosphere, encouraging and accommodatingcollaboration. Work groups are punctuated by



kiosks that contain spaces for racked clothing andwhere clothes and goods can be displayed anddiscussed.The atrium is stretched along the entire publicspace and is anchored by a café, coffee bar, andreception area, which flow together to form themarketplace. The marketplace is edged by a wallwith integrated LED displays where the latestproduct line can be projected. A large ribbon ofred hovers above this space and is visible to theoutside, capturing the Burlington brand.The vocabulary of this building is important inthe conveyance of marketplace and identity.Simple office volumes are stitched with a broadand sweeping atrium space. The skeletal spaceis held together with the vocabulary of an openair market, with an exposed structure of lightcolumns, king post trusses, and a graceful curtainwall suspended by columns. Yet performance asmuch as elegance is a criteria for the buildingsystems. Designed to meet a standard of at least 15percent better energy performance than permittedby code, the project incorporates high efficiencymechanical systems and lighting. In addition, theglazing systems take advantage of optimal solarorientation. The North façade’s atrium glazingremains clear allowing the interior structure and ared ribbon wall to read prominently to the exterior,while the glazing on other façades are highperformance, limiting heat gain and providing aneffective energy envelope.The iconic sweep of transparent glass showcasesthe activity within and the synergies throughoutBurlington’s new corporate headquarters.Featuring an open office layout, with a wide rangeof amenities and a variety of spaces, the buildingis designed to bring Burlington’s diverse workforcetogether. Employing informal meeting places andoutdoor lunch spaces, avenues to walk and talk,and alcoves to think and solve, the design of theheadquarters successfully interprets and translatesworkplace as marketplace. The collaborative,pensive, and productive site analysis process,followed by an imaginative yet practical designresulted in finding just the right fit for BurlingtonStores.







FIRST ROUND CAPITALGROWING YOUR OWNENTREPRENEURS:FIRST ROUND CAPITAL CREATES ACOMMUNITY OF INNOVATIONCafés, courtyards, corridors, coffee houses. Weknow that 70% of learning takes place outsidethe classroom. From impromptu discussions topassionate debates, opportunities to learn springfrom within and surround a campus. In a morestructured approach, an institute of higher learningcan leverage corporate partnerships to extend itscampus and strengthen its degree programs byfostering entrepreneurial learning opportunitiesfor its students.

70% First Round Capital, a national startup venture comes with advice and counsel as to the use of capital fund, and Drexel University, Philadelphia, the young company’s initial investment and theLEARNING TAKES forged just such a partnership which resulted in company’s early-stage progression.PLACE OUTSIDE the creation of a thriving technology hotbed—andTHE CLASSROOM a model to follow to produce successful startup (ENGAGED STUDENTS + INSPIRATIONAL companies, accomplished graduates, and a PLACE) X VISION = A COMMUNITY OF$500K sustainable ecology system for the technology and CONVERGENCE business sectors in the region.AMOUNT FRC BACKED For an institute of higher learning, the opportunity To inspire these students and to create a vibrantDORM ROOM FUND to partner with a company to offer student-centric, off-campus home, it became pivotal for First Round hands-on entrepreneurial experience is a means to Capital to find just the right location—and create174 expand a campus beyond its formal borders, and just the right office environment. Strategically to elevate students’ minds beyond the standard set in close proximity to the campuses of DrexelCURRENT STARTUPS curriculum. In a win-win scenario for the business, University and the University of Pennsylvania, theFINANCIALLY the university, and the students, classroom theory FRC office is situated in the perfect spot in WestBACKED BY FRC is augmented by real-life experience, raising the Philadelphia—this specific geography enables First bar of value for the university’s degree program— Round Capital to benefit from the fertile ground and creating a competitive advantage in its of students and ideas, and the location empowers recruitment strategy. the students to easily access entrepreneurial and In an effort to attract and eventually retain talent, experiential thinking and doing. First Round Capital focuses on college students— Additionally, the specific design of First Round tapping into their endless supply of big ideas and Capital’s office space—safe, flexible and boundless energies. FRC, in conjunction with The collaborative—directly enables FRC to bring University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, together the big ideas and the funding to purposefully engages these students by offering make them come alive. Most importantly, the invaluable entrepreneurial experience on both sides connection between First Round Capital and Drexel of the startup equation—the generation of ideas University, and the location of the entrepreneurial and the procurement of their funding. space and its collaborative design, creates a The Dorm Room Fund is a student-run community—a literal hotbed of technologically- organization, financially backed by FRC, with minded individuals, student start-up companies initial working capital of $500,000 to invest in and venture capitalists. This Community of ventures founded by current students or recent Convergence pays dividends to the university, graduates of a Philadelphia-based university. its students, and the regional business sector The Fund’s members are comprised of a wide as a whole by creating a sustainable local eco range if degree students, spanning the fields of system of technological knowledge, experience engineering, marketing, finance, literary arts, and invention—a community of innovation right in medicine, research, and the law. While First Round Philadelphia’s own backyard. provides mentoring and advice, it is the students who review the funding proposals to determine the allocation of funds. In addition to providing experience on the financial side of entrepreneurial ventures, First Round Capital also offers mentorship and office space to the students whose companies receive funding and are progressing to form their start- up companies. Each coveted startup space



BUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICSBUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICSBUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICSBUILDING G – NEW CAMPUS CAFEBUILDING G – NEW CAMPUS CAFE BUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICS

CREATING LASTINGVALUE THROUGHTRANSFORMATIVEDESIGNCASE STUDY: MATRIX CORPORATECAMPUS AT MONROETurning visions into the reality. Fiercelyreimagining what places can be. Transformingthat of little perceived value into something withlasting value. Ultimately, it takes more courage,conviction and know-how to work with that whichhas been left behind, rather than that which isserved on a blank slate.Matrix Development Group identified one suchopportunity: an abandoned corporate park alongthe New Jersey Turnpike, formerly the RhodiaPharmaceutical Campus. It was dog-eared from itsheyday in the 1970’s, but the existing infrastructureand utilities remained largely intact and usable,with allowances for moderate alterations and codecompliance. Well-traveled access roads to turnpikeInterchange 8A not only preexisted, but had beenwell-designed to handle the load of transportvehicles to and from the surrounding warehouseand distribution centers.By contrast, small, historic towns such as Cranbury,Jamesburg, and Monroe Township, abut thedevelopment, contributing to its neighborhoodfeel. Existing, viable site infrastructure, easy accessto major transportation, and great neighbors (largeand small), add up to three good things—location,location and location—and Matrix knows a goodlocation when they see one.The vision: Maintain the original footprint ofthe development while renewing the site’smaster plan to create a neighborhood feel in thecorporate park. This could only be accomplishedby transforming the large structures of the vastcampus into a strategic collection of buildings ofvarying scale and façade, and re-inventory thebuildings to better position them to attract a rangeof smaller and larger anchor clients. Walking trailsinterlace the buildings and create a central

park of protected open space to foster both basins. Photovoltaic arrays installed, andwellness and community interaction. One central daylighting maximized. Building envelopes havebuilding is re-purposed as a public café, drawing become high performance, bathroom facilitiesboth corporate and neighborhood diners. Traffic low-flow. HVAC and power delivery systems deliverflow within the campus has been re-examined efficiency. The bottom line? High expectationssimplified, directional signage redesigned and road have been met by significantly reducing water andsurfaces improved. energy demand. Overall, it is an overhaul—not with a sledgehammer, but with a precise sustainabilityThe past: Honor the initial success of the and performance analysis to make just the rightpharmaceutical campus and the impact it made upgrades in just the right places.at one time on the surrounding community. Thearchitectural history of the site has not been Additionally, the property’s resiliency to naturalpilfered, demolished or cast away. It lives on. hazards has been significantly increased. EachMaximum effort and sensible expenditure have rehabilitated building incorporates comprehensivebeen concentrated to transform the campus into sprinkler systems. Entirely new roof and exterioran entity that is more responsive to the current window wall assemblies contribute to eacheconomic development of the community and to building’s high performance envelope, whichonce again ignite commerce in a complex that lie address waterproofing, thermal insulation anddormant for many years. sound dampening. Wind, rain, fire, and super storms named Sandy—the redevelopment of this corporateIn keeping respect for the past, the mature campus has taken steps to plan for the worst, whilevegetation of the site has remained undisturbed. continuing to push forward towards success.Buried infrastructure has remained, well, buried.And an interesting piece of history can be found An abandoned corporate campus, when viewedin the café—a preserved section of blast wall from with imagination, expertise and resourcefulness,the pharmaceutical laboratory that had previously presents opportunity to re-use existingworked with volatile chemicals. The dramatic infrastructure, conserve land and energies, createsouvenir serves as a point of interest and an efficiencies in time and money, engage surroundingacknowledgement of the campus’s past. Reduce, communities, reenergize local economies, andreuse and recycle is reinterpreted as reimagine, ultimately, promote and practice the overridingreinvent, and reinvigorate. concept of good citizenship. With strategic vision, an abandoned corporate campus can beThe impact: Integrated sustainability, preserved transformed into nimble, vibrant and productiveindigenous, mature landscaping, and readdressed vehicle for commerce and creativity. For Matrixinherited building systems. Storm water has been Corporation, beyond “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,”rehabilitated through detention and retention there exists “Reimagine, Reinvent, Reinvigorate.”

BUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICSBUILDING H – BRACCO DIAGNOSTICS BUILDING G – NEW CAMPUS CAFE BUILDING M – AMERIHEALTH

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYDEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGYThomas Jefferson University is blazing its path to KSS, melding input from the Jefferson IS&T teamthe future by creating a dedicated and customized and Epic Consultancy, came decision-ready to eachspace for its new Electronic Health Records Team— meeting, identifying efficiencies and streamliningyet to be hired, but already setting the tone for processes. The resulting designs and specificationsthe University’s technological advancement via are astute yet agile—a combination of multi-innovation and functionality, collaboration and disciplinary, open team areas and quiet, morecreativity. The 30,000 sf space in Philadelphia is personal spaces. A fluid, open floor plan that alsodesigned to accommodate multiple user groups and affords privacy. Specific program elements include aaccomplish many operational goals at once. Above all variety of conference and training rooms as well aselse, it must attract and retain the right personnel to huddle pods, hotel stations, a genius bar and café.staff the department—becoming a workplace of both Broad brush strokes paint a flexible, expressive workcomfort and inspiration. Driving the project ahead? space, awash in natural light, generating a tangibleThe ambitious seven-month time frame. sense of modern thought and deed to complement the department’s historic surroundings.Location: Philadelphia, PASize: 30,000 sf consolidation and expansionFeatures: Administrative offices, Open work stations, Executive office suites, Collaborative spaces



ALLERGANCORPORATE OFFICESeeking a larger presence in New Jersey—one of California feel, reminiscent of the company’s homethe nation’s top pharmaceutical hubs—Allergan base. The open environment is relaxed, clean,teamed up with KSS Architects to develop new and inviting, offering space for collaboration andplanning concepts for a three-phase office interaction. The first phase complete, KSS workedrenovation in Bridgewater. Having previously within a limited budget to repurpose as muchworked with KSS to fit-out its first office space in of the existing office environment as possible,New Jersey, Allergan readily selected the firm for maximizing change through finishes, graphics,its expansion plans. and furnishings. The subsequent two phases will re-imagine the office environment, creating glass-Spanning three floors, KSS teamed with Allergan’s enclosed offices on the interior of the floor layoutCalifornia-based design consultant to create a and workstations along the exterior.light, bright and flexible work environment with aLocation: Bridgewater, New JerseyScope: Interior renovation for relocation of Corporate officesConstruction Cost: $3.5 millionYear Completed: 2014Size: 28,000 sfFeatures: Collaborative Meeting Space, Cafe, Office Fit Out, Private Offices, Workstations, Conference Space, Storage







PRINCETON UNIVERSITYOFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYThe staff of Princeton University’s Office of personnel who were scattered throughout theinformation Technology had a long wish list for their campus under one roof in a building that fostersnew administrative building. Though they enjoyed collaboration in light-filled, open spaces. Thebeing a part of the exciting university atmosphere, flexibility of the design balances connectivity,their existing facilities were inadequate on both security and privacy, according to the users’ needs.the exterior and interior. They had termed theirconcrete and glass masonry block finishes as “1960s As the first Princeton building to be sitedriot architecture” and found their disorganized off-campus that is completely dedicated tointerior layout counterproductive. From the lack of administrative functions, it will become a new modelcollaborative work and meeting spaces to the poor for housing the university’s administrative services.interior environment, lighting and individual office Relocating staff to a new location just off campusdesks, the occupants were ready for a fresh start. made “change management” of crucial importance. KSS Architects led the change management processThe new administration building at 701 Carnegie by helping staff and people acclimate to the newCenter becomes the information/technology hub for site and by bringing the essence of the PrincetonPrinceton University and brings the administrative University into the new building.Location: Princeton, New Jersey Interior Designer: Sheila Nall, ASIDScope: Additions and RenovationsConstruction Cost: $24 millionYear Completed: 2009Size: 120,000 sfFeatures: Computer labs, Computer training spaces, Collaborative work spaces, Fitness center, CafeRecognition: LEED Gold Certification, U.S. Green Building Council







AEGIS PROPERTY GROUP | PRINCETON UNIVERSITY INVESTMENT COMPANY22 CHAMBERS STREET RENOVATIONBuilt in the 1950s, the former medical building at all levels in a central Investment Area with lowin downtown Princeton was ill-suited for the workstations that will foster collaboration andprofessional and modern office environment required awareness of work activities. The design gatheredby Princeton University Investment Company, which offices together to improve efficiency and addedoccupied three of the building’s five stories. areas for informal and formal interactions including a lounge, library and flex space.To begin the significant renovation andreprogramming of space, KSS Architects worked KSS designed the project to meet LEED Silverclosely with the University and building occupants Commercial Interiors requirements. The renovationto assess their workflow, ideal work environments, also updated building systems, including HVAC, toand plans for growth. The existing space segregated improve energy efficiency and installed new modernprivate offices, administrative staff, and workstations architectural finishes, furniture systems, and ITin a different wing, leaving little opportunity for infrastructure. KSS also coordinated constructioninteraction. KSS reorganized the floors into a modern phasing and helped identify swing space for tenants.and open work environment that integrated workersLocation: Princeton, New JerseyProgram: Off-campus Administration BuildingSize: 16,000 sfFeatures: Reprogramming, Reorganization, Offices, Workstations, Conference Space, Flex Space, Open Workstations, LibraryRecognition: Designed to meet LEED Silver-CI requirements







THE CHILDREN’S PLACECORPORATE HEADQUARTERSThe Children’s Place, a national retailer of children’s showcases the current product to visitors, andclothing and merchandise, wanted to consolidate serves as impromptu meeting space.their New Jersey offices into a three-story officespace located within an active retail development. When selecting the materials and interior finishes to create a sophisticated, functional and corporateTwo full-scale mock stores in the headquarters work environment, KSS Architects carefullyallow the design and marketing team members to integrated TCP’s four signature colors—pink, blue,experiment with product displays and train staff to green and purple—as accent colors. The team alsoensure a consistent store brand across the nation. balanced TCP’s need for extensive storage spaceOpen work areas integrated with private offices with the need to provide daylighting and qualityallow for executive, design, and administrative lighting to studio spaces. By collaborating closelystaff members to collaborate. A cafe located with TCP, the project team, and local officials, KSSbetween the two mock stores creates a “mall completed the renovation and tenant fit-out fromlike” atmosphere that allows for visual product programming to completion in just 10 months.display for the design and merchandising groups,Location: Secaucus, New JerseyProgram: Corporate HeadquartersSize: 140,000 sfFeatures: Mock Store, Training Room, Team Room, Food Service, Offices, and Conference Room







DECHERT, LLPPRINCETON LAW OFFICEIt had been several decades since Dechert, a top- To acknowledge this as Dechert’s Princetonranked law firm with offices worldwide, renovated location, the new office opens up with a brightits Princeton office. The growth of the office and and elegant reception area that looks out to thechanges in technology, reference materials and town and its iconic university structures. Elegantformats helped bolster their decision to move finishes and a striking color palette add to theinto a new and premiere office space that would office’s strong visual impact. Bright pops of blues,better represent the quality and sophisticated oranges and yellows stand brilliant against bold-design standards established by the firm. Working colored display walls and contrast sharply withon an aggressive schedule, KSS led the strategic the light marble and carpet floor finishes. Frostedcoordination of design, approvals and construction and clear glass walls and light wood work stationsthat took the renovation from concept to support the open, modern feel of the space.completion in just nine months. The expeditedschedule was possible because KSS strategicallyphased permitting and had experience withworking with the local officials.Location: Princeton, New JerseyProgram: Princeton office reflective of Dechert LLP imageSize: 30,000 sfFeatures: Reception, Offices, Breakroom, Conference Room Suite, High-Security Server Room, Case File Rooms, War Room, Disaster Recovery Room, Law Library, Lunch Room



THE RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEYMATHEMATICAIn the vast region of preserved forests and responsibility and preserves Stockton’s naturalwetlands known as the New Jersey Pinelands, setting. Sited at the head of a future campusStockton College is naturally situated to become a green, the campus center has become a destinationleading practitioner of sustainable design. As the that greets visitors and fulfills everyday services ofcollege continues to grow, it faces the challenges of the community.creating a campus able to attract top students andfaculty, meet the needs of academic and collegiate The design translates the existing forestedlife, and simultaneously celebrate its integration transition between the college and outsideand place in nature. community by using organic, nature-inspired architectural details such as soaring columnsThe new building provides a place where the topped by outstretched trusses reminiscent ofcommunity can truly realize the Stockton College tree limbs, and a drop ceiling canopy created fromvalues and culture. KSS coordinated managing the wood panels. Sustainable design elements includecollege’s project budget with designing a social an Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage, an energy-and cultural center that supports environmental efficient geothermal heating and cooling system.Location: Pomona, New JerseySize: 153,000 sf new constructionFeatures: Meeting spaces, Dining facilities, Bookstore, Retail destinations, Theater, Informal hang out spaces, Admissions, Dean of Students, Student servicesRecognition: Special Citation, American School & University Educational Interiors Showcase. LEED Gold certification.Associate Architect: VMDO Architects



BERLITZ / ELSCORPORATE HEADQUARTERSBerlitz/ELS, a global educational language services and design to provide for organized and collaborativecompany had outgrown its current location and workflow. The new workplace environment includedwas looking to move to new space that would private offices, open workspaces with shared workafford the opportunity for growth, flexibility, and areas, a variety of conference rooms, open huddlehigher quality space in keeping with the image the spaces, flexible training rooms, and multiple pantry/company wanted to project. KSS assisted Berlitz lounge spaces. KSS also assisted with the evaluation/ ELS with the evaluation of multiple locations of existing furniture and how to combine it withthrough building analysis and performing test-fits new furniture purchases in a seamless way. Graphicfor each of the 5 prospective locations. imaging, designed in collaboration with the Berlitz marketing group, was utilized in key areas throughoutKSS began the design process with programming to the space to create visual interest and the opportunityassess personnel counts, requirements for growth, for branding. The final design was light and fresh withworkflow, as well as visioning for the new image a modern feel allowing natural light to penetrate thethey wanted to capture in their new workplace. KSS space and incorporating the Berlitz brand colors.worked closely with the client to create a plan layoutLocation: Princeton, New JerseyProgram: Corporate HeadquartersSize: 70,000 sfFeatures: Reprogramming, Offices, Workstations, Collaborative and Conference Space, Flex/Hoteling Space, Open Work Areas, Training Rooms



TECHXTECHX FOUNDRYInnovative Incubator for the Maker Industry. to design, prototype or make anything.From inception through production, from TechX brings ideas and their proprietors to life.mentoring to marketing, Tech X is the largestand most advanced ecosystem available for the With deep experience in centers for innovation,commercialization of tech hardware innovations. learning environments and design for communityConceived as a consortium of leading edge building, KSS is partnering with TechX to makeexperts and cutting edge technology, TechX their Big Idea a reality. In addition to design andoffers members work space (office and industrial), programming of the prototype building, KSS isacademia (training, certification and coursework), also lending expertise in brand development andcommunity (events and expert guidance), and the identity, and the provision of marketing materialsFabLab: access to millions of dollars of equipment to assist in fundraising efforts with investors.Location: Northeast Region PrototypeSize: 80,000 sfFeatures: Meeting spaces, Production spaces, Flex office spaces



SPARKSCORPORATE OFFICE IMPROVEMENTSWhen Sparks, a brand experience agency, desired spaces to carve out a linking corridor. The resultto renovate their corporate offices, KSS identified unites teaming and presentation areas, executivethe vital need to unify the work areas with the offices, and the accounting department in onefirm philosophy and communicate Sparks’ unique seamless, artful space.brand. Once an industrial building that had beenadapted in disjoined sections, the new space was Replete with group workspaces, meeting areas,designed to feature a core avenue linking once and collaborative nooks, the avenue doubles asdisparate spaces and establishing a cohesive work a creative environment in which to gather withenvironment fit for the cutting-edge creative high-end clients. Fresh pops of color, sharp angularagency. Following a phase-based approach, with flooring features, and the captivating movement,extensive charettes and employee input, KSS such as the physical incorporation of a race car andlowered the existing paneling that partitioned motorcycle in the interior, embody Sparks’ stylish authenticity.Location: Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProgram: Corporate OfficeSize: 10,258 sfFeatures: Offices, Conference Room



SPARKSSOHO OFFICEWhen Sparks, an innovative brand agency, wanted for events. A bar area doubles as an activity hubto renovate their SoHo offices to express their and primes the space for everything from launchcutting-edge, funky vibe, KSS delivered. Designed parties to think tank roundtables.to promote Sparks’s youthful work environmentwhile also serving as a flexible event space, The atmosphere embodies SoHo’s craftsman,the new offices feature elegant standing desk boutique culture. Modern furnishings complementconfigurations and an open floor plan. In modest the original brick and milled woodwork, playingsquare footage, the new offices provide an array to the space’s 5th floor loft feel. Skylights andof programming, from brainstorming areas to glazing at each end of the slender workspace fill itentertaining space. KSS lifted the floor to create an with natural light. Overall, the space’s stylish yetelevated conference area that doubles as a stage authentic ambience fully expresses Sparks’s brand.Location: New York, NYProgram: Corporate officeSize: 3,700 sfFeatures: Offices, Standing desk configuration, Bar/kitchen area, Conference room/stage