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INSIDE LOOK U BISOFT TORONTO STUDIO NEW STUDIO ANALYZING THE NEW LOCATION FOR THE UBISOFT STUDIO

CANADA $5.99 US DIDS210 : WORKSPACE STUDIO $4.99 BY: YHOJANA GARRETON 55137814105 PROFESSOR: PENNY FOBLER-CRESSY

CONTENTS WHAT’S UP Past, Present And Future Of Ubisoft Pg. 2

UBISOFT Goals, Mission, Vision And Values

INTERVIEW Interview With In-house Interior Designer Pg. 3

WALKTHROUGH DIDS210 - WORKPLACE STUDIO Toronto Studio Walkthrough PROFESSOR: PENNY-FOBLER CRESSY COMPANY STRUCTURE Structure And Considerations BY: YHOJANA GARRETON

User Analysis Pg. 4

ADDING NEW STUDIO Site Analysis ASSIGNMENT 2 PRELIMINARY PLANS

Floor Plan Analysis Pg. 5

ARTICLE ANALYSIS Designing To Promote Physical Health For The Obese In Commercial Interiors

Crisis Of Video Game Labour: Enjoyment, Exclusion, Exploutation, Exodus Pg. 6 THE MATRIX Criteria Matrix: Finding the Context Pg. 9 U BISOFT PROTOTYPICALS Office layout Prototypes Pg. 13 FROM BUBBLES TO BLOCKS Bubble and Block Diagrams Pg. 16 CONCEPT Concept Statement & Inspiration Images Pg. 18 FLOOR PLANS 1st Floor Plans & Special Features

2nd Floor Plans & Special Features Pg. 20 SOURCES

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1986 - 1995 1996-1997 2002 - 2003 2006 - 2009 2011- Today €2,029 million Founded in 1986 by five Guillemot brothers, Yves, Gerard, Michel, Claude and Christian Ubisoft had humble beginnings as a distributor. After achieving exclusive right for distribution, the company sought to make their games, and by 1989, they released their first internally developed game, also opening distribution centres in 3 countries. In 1995 the company published a best selling PlayStation game, Rayman. The company continued to grow and opened studios, five countries and distribution offices in 6 countries. Along the way, Ubisoft also acquired other game developing companies. Their continued growth brought their studios to Montreal Canada by 2003, re-vision of a new logo and ranking ‘Top 10’ independent publishers in the world. In 2007 they released their most successful franchise ‘Assassins Creed’ and Uplay online awards $ service. By 2011 Ubisoft opened their own film division with a vision to take their worlds to a new level. Today Ubisoft is one of the largest game developers and awarded top employers for its Toronto studio. Yves Guillemot continues to be part of the company as a chairman and CEO, with the company that has many best selling games in the market. WHAT’S UP - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF UBISOFT COMPANY

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WHAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT DOES UBISOFT LIKE FOR ITS STUDIOS?

Antonia: It's a very chill environment with a laid back atmosphere. Every month we have a party, right here at the lunchroom being converted to a cafe. This room every month turns into a big play area with food. We are a very diverse company with many non-gender specific individuals in the company. We are renovating this studio for the 10th anniversary, and one feature is to create individual washrooms that are not gender-specific, so we are trying to a workplace that is creative and comfortable for all its employees. The company also likes open spaces for their design, and they are big on heritage buildings and maintaining the integrity of the building with a rustic feel, such as keeping exposed brick and open ceilings.

WHAT ARE SOME ISSUES IN THE CURRENT DESIGN THAT YOU SEE ARE NOT WORKING TODAY?

Antonia: This is why we are renovating, after ten years the furniture is really old, and it does not work, the chairs are not ergonomic, and we spend a lot of time in them. Some people have gone to the extent to buy their height-adjustable tables and brought them here to work. A lot of the Directors “the managers” have also requested their own enclosed spaces because the open concept gets really noisy, in general everyone complains about the acoustics

WHAT ARE SOME DESIGN FEATURES THAT YOU WOULD SAY ARE A MUST FOR THE FUTURE? AND WITH THE GROUND FLOOR RENOVATION HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DOES THE COMPANY PROJECT TO HAVE ONCE FINISHED?

Antonia: So currently we have around 840 employees spread out through three floors, once finished we hope to increase that number between 900 to 1000 employees. As for the design, non-gender specific areas are a must, private spaces for the directors with lots of storage, lots of graphics and privacy with acoustic control for everyone.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY IN THIS STUDIO? WHICH DEPARTMENTS DO YOU HAVE SUCH AS SALES, MARKETING?

Antonia: Antonia: We don't have a sales or marketing department here as we are a creative studio, those departments are found in headquarters such as our Montreal studio. So our floors right now are divided into our departments, the 3rd and 4th floor are for programming and our second floor where we are is for the support departments such as IT, HR, Communications, Operations and Maintenance. We don't really have executives in this studio either; we have what we call directors who would be like managers, there is a director for each department. The directors for the programmers are divided by the project; then, there is the studio director that oversees the studio. In the end, all the directors have to be in constant communication and connection with the executives at headquarters and directors in other studios. Collaboration is critical for our company. STUDIO WALKTHROUGH Ubisoft's Toronto studio is a dynamic yet rigid place of work, where it hard so to identify where the play begins. The studio, aside from the large murals designed by their creative team at first glance, seems all work and no play. The screens may tell you otherwise, as gaming graphics is the focus, the play and creativity in the interior design of the studio seem to be all absent throughout the layout.

The studio walkthrough consisted of the second floor where the support team is situated and the ground floor is but a blank canvas for new upcoming renovations. However, with just seeing the second floor, there was much to be wished for with a lack of design for a gaming company. The industrial atmosphere made apparent in the interior was showcased by exposed brick walls and open ceilings, industrial lighting fixtures, exposed wooden beams and hard surfaces with glossy wood floors. The lack of colour in the interiors walls made for a bland workplace relying on art pieces and potted plants for the pops of colours. Colours in muraled walls were kept for two mayor corridors throughout the floor. Breakaway areas were empty with no furniture that was removed due to lack of use; in other places, awkward positioning of these breakaway areas keeps them from being used because of lack of privacy.

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Company branding design - Industrial Open spaces Circulation Pattern Second Floor Visit Sketch

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Project Director Programmers Operation Reception Finance IT- Department HR -Independent private -Semi private desk Directors -First line of sight at -Always at desk -Requires min 2 monitors -Private area for office -Adjustable height and - Have quick access to all entrance. - Organized storage and - Private storage interviews & training -Close to programmers ergonomic seating areas of the studio -Storage area for coats, filling systems -Collaborative spaces -Always in office -Desktop - Min. 2 desktop screens -Private Offices package deliveries -Requires ergonomic - Privacy considerations -Universal accessibility -Lots of Storage -Acoustical privacy Interior Design -Branding Image seating for outside visitors. - High level of security -Storage -Mainly found around -Access to central filling Communication - Close proximity to -Work Independently the office not at desk systems - Quick access to event reception. -Require collaboration -Requires quick access - Close proximity to and meeting rooms spaces to all areas of studio printer office -Storage -Ability to personalize Maintenance -Privacy and acoustical -Close proximity to core work stations considerations -Spends 10-20% at office and IT Department - high level oof security -Needs quick access to required all areas of studio with own storage closet

4 12 3 2 3 5 2 EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES COMPANY STRUCTURE & MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS 4 USER ANALYSIS ADDITIONAL SPACES evr ae imn qimn trg om etgm a -Bikestorage area - Test gamelab -Filming EquipmentStorage Room -Meeting Rooms - Servery /Cafe -Conference Gym - - Filming - Library - Studio Printer Public Area Playing - - area - Training File Collaboration Room room Spaces - Mail Room - Department breakaway areas Requiresaseparatemeeting/trainingareawithhighlevelof privacyandacousticalconsideration. drawers,threelaterals.Departmentmusthaveapparentwheelchair accessibilityasitisabusydepartmentwithinternalandexternalvisitors. Thispositionisintheoffice 100%ofthetime anddealswithissuesofprivatematters. This office requiresadesktopcomputer, filling Human Resources filingcabinets. This workspacerequiresadesktopandphone. This positionisthefirstlineofcontactbeforestudiodirector. This positionistheliaisontoStudioDirectorandrequiresproximityDirector. The office spaceneedsfiledrawersandlateral Studio DirectorReceptionist computerwithamulti-linephone.Nearbymustincludecoatare(25coats),printer, guestphoneandbrandingmustbestrong. packagesreceivedforallpersonnel,eitherpersonalorworkuse.Requireslateralfilecabinetwithdrawers.Musthaveadesktop This positionrequirestheoffice spacetobelocatedattheentranceandeasilyaccessiblecouriers. The office requiresastorageareafor Receptionist and1’ storagebins. They needproximitycollaborationspaceswithtechnologyorboardsforcollaborativeconceptualization. requireprivacywithacousticalconsiderations;however, theyliketheopenconceptlayout.Eachstationrequiresonelateralfilingcabinet setinteamsof3perprojectwiththreeprojectsatthestudio. Eachrequires2-3monitorsofdesktopcomputerswithvideocards. They Gaming Programmers

INFORMATION This positionrequiresindependentdutieswithareasofcollaborationisproximityconstantattendanceworking16-24hours. They FINANCE TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS DIRECTORS filingcabinetsandonedesktopcomputer. This positionspendslittletimeatadesk,isusuallymaintainingthestudionecessities.Require theirstorageplace,atdeskrequirethreelateral Maintenance computer, standardtwolateralfiledrawers,1’-36”binderstoragearea. Although alwaysintheoffice theydonotspendmuchtimeatadesk. This positionoverseesworksinjunctionwiththemaintenancedepartmentforallrequiredchanges tothestudio. Thet needsonedesktop Interior Designer easeofaccesstoalldepartments. team. Their office requirestwolateralfiledrawers,1’36”storagebin. They needtobeclosebuildingcore,comm. Teams with This positionisintheoffice 100%ofthetimeoverseeingalloperationsemployees;theyareinconstantcommunicationwith Operations Director nearacentralfilingarea,and alayoutledgersizepaperprinter. mustincludeadesktopcomputer, aprogrammableelectriccalculator, withprivacyandacousticalconsiderations. Requirestobe Finance This positionmuchhasproximitytotheStudioIT departmentand HR.SamerequirementsasStudioIT withouttheindividualstorageunit. Communications accesstothefilmingstage. This teamhassimilarrequirementstothestudioIT; however, itmustbeadjacenttothefilmingstage,withhigh-securityrequirementsandprivate Film IT computerequipmentstoringwithoutletsforlivestorage. requirelateralfiledrawers,and‘shelvingforbooksmanuals. This teamalsorequiresanequipment storageunitinitsproximityfor This positionincludesateamthatisintheoffice consistently. Eachpersonrequirestwodesktopmonitorsondesks. As sharedequipment,they Studio IT beequippedwithadesktopcomputer, threelateralfilingcabinets6’ oflinearbinderstoragewithinproximitytoprogrammers. attendancewithintheoffice andfullflexibilityof accesswithprivacyandacousticalconsiderations.Highsecurityisneeded. The office must This positionoverseestheprojectinstudio,oneforeachwith3-4programmersunderthem. This positionrequires90% Project Director addition.Requirestwolateralfilingcabinets,drawerrequiresdaylight,withprivacyyetaccessiblebyalldepartments. This positionrequiresaflexibleoffice withtheopportunitytobecomeameetingroom. The office mustincludeadesktopwithlaptopin Studio Director This positionisintheoffice 100%ofthetime,workingindependently withperiodicinstancesworkingincollaboration. The office

HUMAN ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMERS RESOURCES ADDING A NEW STUDIO travels fromthenorthwesttoeast. In summer, sunriseisat5:40amandsunset9:00pm. The sun sun travelsfromthesouthwesttoeast. In theWinter, sunriseisat7:45amandsunset5:15pm. The the adjacentbuilding,receivemoreshadow. than thethird,asitisclosertogroundanddueheightof adjacent buildings. The secondfloorreceiveslessnaturallight sunlight anditsallindirectwithsomereflectivefromthe The office isinthesecondfloor anddoesnotreceivedirect west. Surrounded bylargeoffice towerstothenorth,east,southand Sun Path 277 mhigh/63floors West –theSt.Regis Toronto -325BaySt.– East –110 Yonge St/19floors 23 KingSt.W. –20floors 6 KingSt.W. –20floors 4 KingSt.W. –20floors South –Scotia Tower –275m/68floors 44 floors Bay Adelaide Centre–East Tower –196mhigh/ m high/52floors North -Bay Adelaide Centre–West Tower –215 directions The office isentrenchedbyskyscrapersinall The surroundingandViews 11 Adelaide St.W., Toronto Studio: Proposed location for new Toronto make thisbuildingextremelyaccessible,onlyminutesawayfrompublictransportation. the subwayorGo Transit throughtheundergroundpaththatconnectsmostofbuildingindowntowncore.Which congested withdeliverytrucks,taxis,cars,jaywalkersandbicycles.Mostpeoplethatliveworkinthis areawalkto traffic fromWest toEast. There arenobuseson Adelaide, andduringworkinghours, Adelaide St.itisaconstantly The buildingisadjacenttooneoftheheaviestraffic areainthedowntowncore. Adelaide isa3-lanewayandone-way Traffic Patterns SITE ANALYSIS

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A N A L Y S I S DESIGN CRITERIA TO CONSIDER 1) Height adjustable tables that allow for change of positioning and movement 2) Create spaces that promote walking by spatial planning 3) Travel paths that are not so linear when not needed 4) Create disconnect zones where social interaction is promoted Active Intervention Physical Activity • Reducing plate sizes in office kitchens promotes portion control. • Promote walking, by placing non-job related • Reduce the need for junk lunches. activities at distances that promote travel. • Equipment in breakrooms • Creating digital free zones that allows employees • Furniture that promotes movement. to takes screen breaks.

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HEALTHY NUDGE Active Design Build spaces that Wellness vs Wellbeing ARTICLE ANALYSIS decrease stress, Wellness programs attempt to fix already existing • Make stairways attractive and engaging, by adding improve health and problems. Wellbeing is changing behavior that lead to Article Title: Designing to promote physical health Point of interest, ie. painting , motivational signs etc. increase mental wellness from arising in health problem and fix it at the core. for the obese in commercial interiors • Lighting also helps make stairs more attractive spaces. • Design circulation systems that provide walking opportunities ie. the first place by By: A. Roye & Wade. Brisk walking of 10min/ day = 30 min walking/day eliminating arising health problems in the Dated: Fall, 2011 • Indoor walking paths with signifiers. first place. • Decrease sedentary behavior Summary: The article looks into the effect of Interior Design in workspaces to promote healthy Social promoting spaces employees. It evaluates the designers perspective Tech-free zones to design spaces geared to productivity without the Path of Travel afterthought on the well being of the end user. It explores the consequences of this design flaws and promotes innovative design incentives through Article Title: Crisis of Video Game Labour: Enjoyment, Exclusion, Exploutation, Exodus workspaces that achieve high productivity because By: Nick Dyer-Witheford & Greig de Peuter of healthier employees. It also explores the financial Canadian Journal of Communication: Vol 31, 2006 impact that it can have on a companies bottom line in investing on eliminating the cause of the problem Summary: The article looks into the labour force in the gaming industry as a response to a through small details in the design process. blog posting from the spouse of an EA gaming developer employee. The article places various issues of the gaming industry under four major categories: Enjoyment, Exclusion, Exploitation and Exodus. L A B O U

R 8 MIDTERM TheMatrix FINDING THE CONTEXT Before beginning to developing the preliminary space planning, an overview of the programming requirements is essential to an effective plan. For Ubisoft, the programming was not wholly reflective of the companies structure; therefore, the programming required some adjusting. The requirements were re-organized to reflect the structure while maintaining the individual position furniture requirements. Due to the company structure, some adjacencies were different from the traditional prototypical layouts, as well as applying some modern workplace philosophies that were reflective of the industries.

The following criteria matrix has been divided into department spaces that are required based on the employee positions, and how many employees occupy those set positions. The second set of matrixes is for areas that are necessary to the office without pertaining directly to a workstation or office for a job. Job Specific Spaces OFFICE POSITION REQUIREMENTS MIDTERM

Additional Spaces promote brand awareness and purchase. The gaming bar will become an excellent The additional spaces that are a opportunity to market their games to the requirement specific to Ubisoft are the local audience while allowing a separate Film Studio. The film studio is one space space to hold public functions such as that allows Ubisoft to differentiate itself as gaming competitions and new release a brand for other companies. The film events. Studio enables the company to add realistic facial and movement For the employees, based on characteristics to their characters, research, game programmers, while on immersing the gamer. The film studio also tight deadlines, can work between 55 to requires an additional storage unit for the 72 hours without a break. Ubisoft is a equipment and high security, making it a company that promotes health and stand-alone space with no significant wellness as well as appreciate the adjacency to any other spaces other than dedication of its employees. Based on their own IT personnel. this fact, a rest bed area will be provided for the use of any employee working long Additionally, it has been hours in need of rest. There is no major suggested to the company to add a space adjacency required as it is to be made where the public can feel attracted to available to all employees not specific to experience their games, as well as making any department. their games available to more public to Photograph by: Deutsch, Ö.

OFFICE POSITION REQUIREMENTS from: publicinsta.com ADDITIONAL SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS ADDITIONAL SPATIAL

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A server data centre provides the enviroment needed in one location for the business network. What is A DATA CENTER Any business in the gaming or high-tech industry requires a high performing data center. A data center provides central, secure access and storage to all data in the organization, from simple Word les, accounting records, to video data production. Data Centers consist of servers, Photograph by: Gatlin, H. 2019. from: racksolutions.com storage devices, intranet servers, web servers, print servers, rewalls, routers, switches and hubs. From the data centers, all the technical equipment is hard-wired between oors to data oor closets via bre optics and oor switches. Finally, all the computers, printers, video production equipment are connected via computer networks to the oor closets via ethernet cables or bre optics cables. ADDITIONAL SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS ADDITIONAL SPATIAL 13 OFFICE LAYOUT

Prototypes were developed for main spaces such as: PROTOTYPICALS Reception Area Executive O ce Programmers Workstation Conference Room Meeting Area Printer Area

The prototypes have been drafted on CAD and exported at scale 1/4” = 1’-0”. However, they have been scaled to t the page and are no longer to scale.

The executive o ce is to be a corner o ce as traditional structures. The o ce is to have three lateral le cabinets, and six linear feet of binder storage and meeting area readily available in the o ce and outside the o ce. PROTOTYPICALS

The printer or copy room are central areas that service more than one department. It must include a counter for organization or paperwork.

The programmer's workstation is to be exible with semi-privacy yet open space layout. Partition systems to be a variation of glazing and acoustical materials. The station is to have an individual whiteboard, height-adjustable tables and ergonomic chairs for prolonged seating. They are to have a 36” storage bin, one lateral ling cabinet, one personal tower and two desktop screens. The reception is to have a 4’-0” clearance from any opening furniture, to allow for swing or pull out with ease.

The reception desk may vary based on position or form.

Private enclosed o ces depending on individual requireements are to have:

1-2 36” overhead binder storage 2-3 lateral le cabinets 1-2 pedestal le drawers 1 personal tower 1 multi line phone Desktop with option for laptop use

The standard meeting room is to have 5’-0” clearances from the table around the perimeter.

There must be a small credenza with a digital screen or projector on the ceiling with a screen.

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212.Collaboration Spaces 201. Cafe/Servery 213.Meeting Room 202. Filming Studio 214. Gaming Bar 203. Training Room 215. Kitchenette/Cafe Bar 204. Film Equip. Storage 216. Dining & Lounge 205. IT Equip. Storage 217.Furniture Storage 206. Programmer Breakaway 218. File Room OPTION 3 207. Breakaway Areas 220. Data Room 208. Printer Room 209. Mail Room 210. Test Game Lab & Monitoring Room 211. Bike Storage Public Work Area FROM BUBBLES TO BLOCKS Collab Area SETTING UP TO VISUALIZE THE ADJECENCIES INTO A PLAN Primary Circulation Secondary First Floor Second Floor Circulation Semi-Peblic Area (Invite Only) Non-Work Area COLOR LEGEND High Secirity

OPTION 1 Option 1 block diagram focused on creating multiple circulation paths, both primary and secondary pathways. In addition collaboration areas were sought to be spread out for multiple access to them.

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101. Studio Director Office 102. Director Receptionist 103. Project Directors 104. Programmers 105. Operations Director 106. Interior Designer 107. Maintenance 108. Studio Information Technology (IT) 109. Film Information Technology (IT) 110. Communications Support Staff 111. Communications Director 112. Human Resource Assistant (HR) 113. Human Resource Director (HR) OPTION 2 Option 2 created linear paths of circulation with minimal secondary 114.Finance Director pathways for a more structured flow. It also aimed to centralize a large meeting room 115. Finance Staff as the core of the first floor for the central heart of the company that would be 116. Front Reception multi-use. It also explored the option to place the programmers on the second floor for security reasons. i MMERSION GAMING IS A WORLD OF ITS OWN, WHERE PLAYERS TAKE ON THE PRESENCE OF ITS CHARACTERS. THEY ENGAGE IN JOURNEYS OF INTERACTION WITH DEMANDING ENVIRONMENTS THAT LURE THEM WITH RECOGNIZABLE DETAIL THAT TRIGGERS COGNITIVE AND SENSORY INFORMATION RECALL. CREATING PRESENCE BY THE ACT OF ENGAGING BETWEEN THAT WHICH IS PERCEIVED AND THAT WHICH IS CREATED. THE WORKPLACE SPACE IS TO TRIGGER REPRESENTATION THROUGH RECOGNIZABLE MATERIALS AND FORM THAT CREATE A CONNECTION TO UBISOFT'S CREATED WORLDS AND QUESTS. FREE-FLOWING PATHS ALLOW FOR TRAVEL TO BE A QUEST ON ITSELF WHILE GENERATING NEW NARRATIVES EACH TIME. ZONING DEPARTMENT WITH DESIGN FEATURES THAT EMMULATE THEIR GAMES WILL DEEPEN THE IMMERSION AND INSPIRE CREATIVITY THROUGH EXPERIENCE.

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CIRCULATION INSPIRATION This symbol taken from the mathematical concept of immersion will lead the space planning circulation paths. As the symbols signify, immersion comes to be when one becomes another intersecting in perfect synchronization, manifesting a strength in its union. 19

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ST The public gaming bar is a gaming room that open to 1 FLOOR nearby general visitors in which they can enjoy Ubisoft games. The cabin-like gaming zones are to be Company Departments Found on the representative of Ubisoft games in which the gamer rst oor: 1can choose their own experience and enjoy a full Human Resources Department immersion into the background. Operations Department Communications Department Finance Department The Conference room has been placed to Front Desk Reception function as a multi-purpose space with the allowance to open its partitions and merge into the adjacent town hall space for maximum spatial volume. The company holds monthly2 social Additional Spaces Found on the rst oor: parties for all the employees in which the exibility of Public Gaming Bar both areas becomes benecial. In addition, the town Rest Bedding Area hall needs to be able to accommodate a large number of Open Library guests as it will hold company events where conferences Printer Room will be held with other studio employees will be Bike Storage attending. Servery / Cafe Conference Room Dining / Town Hall The stage at the town hall is a dismountable stage File Room when required to be out of the way. Otherwise, in Furniture Storage the situation where it can remain, it is to be used Data Room for conference speaker staging. When no function Men’s Washroom is held, temporary furniture is placed and serves Women’s Washroom 3as a separate private lounge for the employees.

Cove bedding rest areas, are custom millwork. The 5 resting beds are closed of with the smart glass system for privacy when needed. A small counter with mirror at the end for quick freshening up after rest. 4

The bike room is to serve as storage for employees accessible through the building rear entrance. The bike racks are verticle in the wall with a mechanical system for lowering and raising 5 of the bikes for ease.

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DIDS210 22 ND Second- oor entrance is accessible by code key 2 FLOOR access only. Visitors must be escorted to the oor, or they are given ‘one-time’ codes for access. This oor Company Departments Found on the requires the most secure due to the function of the rst oor: 1space. Game Programmers Studio Director Oce The game test lab is through invitation only; this Studio Director Receptionist space is where new games are tested for public Information Technology Department acceptance and feedback. This space is equipped with the latest technology in gaming consoles, chairs and desk for front branding of the company.2 The adjacent room has a dual view mirror window between both rooms. Additional Spaces Found on the rst oor: The programmer's break area is a custom design Training Room emulating the mathematical symbol of immersion. Game Test Lab This space is to have semi-private areas with Test Lab Monitoring Room custom wood partition, creating a canopy Cafe / Servery enclosure. Film Studio 3 IT Storage Film IT Storage Programmers have a exible furniture open Data Room collaborative area, where the furniture can be Printer Room congured in many options for dierent needs. A monitor screen easel will allow the ease of access Men’s Washroom of information to be displayed when collaborating Women’s Washroom ideas. 4 Collaboration meeting room for condential or specic project collaboration. This room has a touch and pen screen on the table for digital collaboratio that can then be printed and taken to individual work stations, or accessed through 5 the internal company system.

6” walls surround the lm studio with soundproong. This area houses the most expensive equipment in the oce and is accessible by key access only. Users of the space are lming directors and employees, as well as actors. The lm studio is an open space with lming equipment. 6 Dining areas in servery has self ventilated tables for the control of odours. Additional returns on the ceiling will additionally aid in odour control.

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