From Farmhouse to City Life / Utility Company Corix, designed by NELSON Worldwide
What happens when the country-town kid moves to the big city? Corix, a utilities company delivering solutions for sustainable water, wastewater and energy infrastructure tapped NELSON Worldwide to create a new home for them, right in the heart of the Windy City. The new offices are a stark departure from Corix’s original home, an old farmhouse in the suburbs of Chicago. “They had been in this old farmhouse for 50 years, continuing to add on to the house as they expanded,” said Kristin Cerutti, senior designer at NELSON Worldwide, in an officeinsight interview. “There were all these little rooms with a few workstations each, and there was zero opportunity for collaboration – it would take 15 minutes to get to each other, and people just wouldn’t make the trip.” “Both aesthetically and in workplace strategy, the two offices feel completely different.” The new 28,000 square foot workspace is organized into ‘ecosystems’ …
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