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A 1940’s Manufacturing Plant Turned into New Offices

Eppstein Uhen Architects renovated a 1940’s Allis Chalmers manufacturing plant in West Allis, Wisconsin into a new office space for Johnson Controls. The repurposed building has 130,000 square feet of space that keeps its industrial qualities while becoming modernized for a contemporary office.

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The company has frequent fluctuations with regards to the number of employees working at a given time, so they needed offices that had flexible workspaces for employee changes.

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Open huddle and lounge spaces have unique furniture groupings located near workstations so employees can work together when need be.

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Flexible furniture is used throughout, but especially in large conference and workshop rooms to accommodate more people and meeting needs.

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Areas for recharging are around to encourage gathering and socialization.

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A unity wall spans two stories with one side being a video display.

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The other side is clad in reclaimed barn wood that’s framed with steel beams salvaged during demolition.

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Repurposed and found elements were used throughout, perfectly blending with the newer details that were brought in.

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All photos © C&N Photography, 2015.

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.