Commercial Workplace Design · Spring 2026
Transparency and Conversation.
Transparency and Conversation is an imagined post-COVID workplace for the International Living Future Institute at Brooklyn Navy Yard, exploring human connection, biophilic design, collaboration, and wellbeing.
Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77
15,420 sqft
Commercial workplace design
Spring 2026
Overview
A workplace centered on human connection.
Transparency and Conversation is an imagined post-COVID workplace for the International Living Future Institute at Brooklyn Navy Yard, exploring human connection, biophilic design, collaboration, and wellbeing.
Design concept
Creating space for connection.
The workplace balances openness and privacy, creating spaces for dialogue, collaboration, reflection, and connection to nature.
Spatial strategy
Three design moves.
- 01
Connect
Create open work zones that encourage conversation and collaboration.
- 02
Breathe
Use light, openness, and biophilic cues to make the workplace feel restorative.
- 03
Adapt
Support flexible ways of working through varied settings and shared spaces.