Office Interior Design | Cisco Umbrella | San Francisco \ Actual

Open DNS (now Cisco Umbrella) a rapidly growing tech company, already occupied 14,000 sf in a SoMa warehouse when they acquired an additional 14,000 sf and engaged Min | Day (now Actual Architecture Co.) to design the first of two expansions, now totaling 56,000 sf. Charged to connect new and existing workspaces with minimal disturbance to operations, the design overcomes the egress and infrastructure requirements of new occupant loads in the 1915 building while maintaining the raw industrial character of the existing building. By minimizing painted gypsum board surfaces, consolidating them to core areas, and maintaining exposed concrete columns with mushroom capitals, concrete ceilings, and exposed ventilation and conduit, the project dramatically mixes raw and cooked qualities of architectural finish. The newly designed elements incorporate company branding through color and graphics while blending formal and informal work areas......more