Located in the old Royal Bank space on St-Jacques street in Old Montreal, the Crew Collective offices is an office, function centre, cafe, bar and co-work space area for a tech start-up. The complexity of the program required fluidity between the various workspaces. Part of the floor area was to be designated for permanent Crew employees, conferences rooms and other areas to be rented to freelance workers either by the month or by the week. These workers were to have access to conference rooms as well. Lastly, temporary workers or the public could also use the café and the desks for a few hours, having Wi-Fi access, and lockers for their computers as required
The old teller stands, as well as the existing building shell offered great design opportunity, as a rich and textured background. The new design integrated brass plated steel throughout, fixed to boxy minimal enclosures, in order to dialogue and contrast to the existing ornate brass elements. The conference rooms which were divided and compartmentalized with linear walls, covered with brass plated steel, and enclosed with glass partitions. Opulent, glamorous and perfectly balanced!
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