McDonald’s HQ Workplace / Studio O+A + IA Interior Architects

Many Flavors of Work. The combination of cultures and generations typical of a big firm immediately means its workplace should accommodate quite a lot of workstyles. The variety of capabilities at McDonald’s new headquarters mirrors the corporate’s massive embrace. Traditional work areas and assembly rooms designed by IA Inside Architects work together with work areas designed by O+A which have the appear and feel of hospitality venues. Each architectural gesture capabilities by itself and in partnership with the areas round it.

Chapters Unfolding Ground by Ground. The problem for each design groups was to make the 9 tales of the West Loop headquarters a story worthy of the epic journey they symbolize. Like co-authors becoming a member of forces on one large story, IA and O+A turned every flooring right into a chapter.

A multidirectional staircase within the constructing’s central atrium supplies a hanging focus and an avenue for informal interplay, but additionally symbolizes the M.C. Escher-esque sensation of transferring ahead in lots of instructions without delay. Shared areas up and down that atrium spell out the story. Each flooring evokes a particular factor of McDonald’s success—the kitchen, the flavors, the individuals and the communities. And each flooring celebrates innovation.

Subsequent Exit. Whereas the featured design moments are intentionally summary, all are grounded in meanings derived straight from McDonald’s lengthy street journey. And simply as on a street journey our eyes are all the time ahead, on the new McDonald’s headquarters the emphasis is on the place this iconic firm goes subsequent, each geographically and culturally, in its decades-long mission of bringing “feel-good moments” to billions.