Gensler design team wonderfully presents APTA’s headquarters office building in Alexandria, USA. Designed to encourage and emphasize movement. The shared space is used for various team communication and collaboration, while the private space is suitable for focused work. The open layout creates a more efficient work environment, connecting people more closely with natural light, city views, and each other.
Design: Gensler
Address: Alexandria, VA, USA
Area: 10,219 sqm
Date: 2021
Photography: Connie Zhou
Gensler design team wonderfully presents APTA’s headquarters office building in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. “Transforming society by improving the human experience by optimizing movement” is APTA’s social manifesto and the fundamental purpose of its new headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia: to encourage and emphasize movement.
Aligning real estate strategy with corporate mission
Global physical therapy is at an inflection point, and the organization that represents those working in the field—the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)—is also in a period of transition, deciding to move away from its previously dispersed of office space are brought together under one roof. To prepare for this historic new chapter, APTA needed to create a new work environment that reflected its evolving social mission, not only establish a broad local presence, but also make a contribution to the role of physical therapy in the health space. Make arguments and statements in a positive and optimistic manner.
For this integration, APTA adopted a very smart real estate strategic plan: directly buy this office building. In this way, you can choose the floors you need according to your needs and rent out the unused floors to other tenants. Lower floors are generally less popular and have lower rents, but are ideal for APTA to transform the ground floor into an iconic public space such as a plaza, lobby, bicycle cafe, community clinic, etc. Flexible spaces effectively enhance opportunities for contact with visitors and the public, and enhance close connections with the local community. The upper floors, with their open views, are rented out, with all proceeds going to the public causes they advocate. Half of the top floor of the building is a conference center (including APTA's boardroom), and half is a rooftop terrace, where large-scale events are held.
encourages exercise and thus introduces a healthy spirit
APTA's philosophy is: Proper exercise means health. Therefore, the best reward in the office is to encourage everyone to move. In order to realize this concept, the design team placed the fire stair at the core of the building in accordance with the requirements of the building code. On the premise of meeting the requirements of fire protection, it was shaped into a popular traffic flow line. A staircase located on the outside of the building is like a street view beacon, not only a beautiful night view, but also a distant view of the city scenery. Another staircase is prominently located in the seven-story atrium, creating a spectacular indoor perspective and unique spatial experience while meeting fire code requirements. This staircase is intentionally juxtaposed with the elevator so that people can freely interchange between the elevator and the stairs, thus promoting more physical movement. The reception desk is also specially planned at the beginning of the atrium staircase to promote the health concept they advocate.
Muscle-like geometric forms pervade the decoration of workspaces, roof terraces, floors and atriums, resulting in a unified design language and thematic concept. A variety of shared spaces are used to support various types of team communication and collaboration, and various private spaces meet the needs of focused work. All desks are freely liftable to promote healthy working styles.The layout of the workspace leads people towards a more optimized and efficient work environment with an unprecedented open attitude, connecting people more closely with natural light, urban views, and each other.
Super flexible and adaptable – whether indoors or outdoors
Adhering to the concept that exercise can bring health, APTA encourages people to ride to work. The design team specially planned a bicycle passage for this purpose, allowing people to ride bicycles directly from the square to the cafe, and park them safely on a unique bicycle display wall. In addition, it is equipped with a gym, lockers and shower rooms to encourage active and healthy transportation and fitness behaviors. There is also space nearby for a pop-up clinic, and flexible space planning can support diverse community health needs.
Across the road, a new metro station provides employees with another healthy and sustainable commuting option. Today, the project has received Fitwel’s highest three-star certification for healthy buildings, in recognition of the building’s laying the foundation for a thriving health movement and fulfilling its social mission. The Fitwel Healthy Building Certification System, jointly developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. General Services Administration, is committed to improving the health of people, buildings and communities and setting the standard for healthy communities.
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