An automotive company looking to modernize its office with the same bold innovation it puts into its cars turned to WallGoldfinger to build benching workstations in single and double widths.
These workstations follow an industry trend toward module workspaces for employees needing landing space and access to technology rather than a traditional office. Designed by Gensler in New York, these particular workstations are standouts for their waterfall veneer, long spans and technology.
The workstations are made with plain sliced walnut veneer in a reverse slip butt match pattern and a quartered walnut veneer three-ply edge with custom stain. Steel powder-coated black forms a technology channel down the center of the workstations and a valance featuring LED lights is a standout in the double workstations.
"These workstations proved particularly challenging from an engineering perspective because of their long length, and the client's request for significant leg room and minimal base support," explains WallGoldfinger design engineer Chris Howe.
"To achieve the client's goals of a large cantilever and still create a sturdy, lasting work surface, these benching desks feature a steel tube support system. The ingenious part is how we were able to bolt the sheet metal light valance to the support frame, and still make room for the line of hatches down the center of the workstations."
The workstations overall span 27½ feet and stand just over 30 inches high. Single workstations are 34 inches wide, providing generous work surface. The double workstations are 64 inches wide, again providing generous work surface. Multiple units of each style were ordered to outfit multiple floors of open concept office space.
