The Facebook headquarters
is connected by a double helix, this was an intentional design to evoke the
sense of connection and relationships. These are two main concepts of the Facebook
brand and were important to me to include. The elevator passes through the
inside of the spiral.
As it can be
seen the bridge connects the two headquarters and connects either side of the
valley, the elevator passes inside of the double helix with full 360 views of
the environment. I’ve intentionally made the elevators
move quickly in order to support the concept of power. Powerful businesses
employ powerful people, who need not to waste time but deserve and expect their
surroundings to be up to their standards.
The elevators for both businesses are a glass
sphere with handrails they are colour matched to the headquarters. They have
been designed so that they arrive and leave at the base of the headquarters
making the rider of the elevator admire that vast and expansive headquarters
they are approaching
They table
has been constructed with the CEO’s sitting at either ends of the table
in high throne like seats. The seats have been designed so that they enclose
the user with arm rails and high cushioning to wrap around the user. There are
other smaller chairs along the expanse of the table the area they can use is
lower than either end, forcing the user to look up when they look at either end
of the table.
The table is
solid on either side with a glass section in the middle. Powerful people are
generally known to sit at solid large desks, the desk is solid because it needs
to be seen as strong and resilient which glass isn’t. That is why where the less important other users sit,
the table top is glass, they seem inferior. The environment is a place of
equality between the two businesses but by no means a place of weakness.
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