Service: Architecture

Flywheel – CreSCent One

Flywheel Greenville is the anchor tenant of the Crescent One building in Hartness Development’s Crescent Startup Community, which opened in the Summer of 2024. The coworking innovation center feature’s forty private office suites, multiple coworking spaces, a spacious event area, seminar rooms, and a social commons. In addition to hosting Flywheel Greenville, the innovation center accommodate’s Furman University’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, South Carolina Research Authority, and VentureSouth. This collaborative space aims to foster innovation and entrepreneurship, serving as a hub for various organizations in the local startup ecosystem. The integration of diverse entities promises a dynamic environment for collaborative work, events, and entrepreneurial initiatives.

Collins Aerospace 150 Oak Plaza

Collins Aerospace

Workplace Architecture + Design was retained by BE Aerospace (now Collins Aerospace) to provide programming, space planning, design and construction documentation of the 150 Oak Plaza building.  We also served as the project manager for this project. This was the consolidation of over 250 aerospace engineers from various locations and the headquarters of their aircraft interiors divisions. Additionally, we were responsible for coordinating the furniture selections, as well as coordinating the interior signage package and the exterior signage for the building.  

Synergy Labs

As Synergy Labs Hildebran, NC campus continued to grow, Workplace A+D was retained to help bring new life to a two-story, 12,000 square foot portion of the facility, in efforts to house a new campus-wide breakroom, additional office space, and additional collaboration space. A new exterior facade, roof, and brand new building systems were installed to infiltrate the space with natural light, provide a welcoming entrance for employees and visitors, and develop a collaboration hub for the Synergy team. The project also included a new, roughly 3,000 square foot outdoor deck, planting, and seating area. 

Greenville Independent and Assisted Living

After a successful programming stage of this project, Workplace A+D served as the architect and lead point of contact providing full service Design Services from project initiation through completion. Workplace A+D managed the project design team, monitored the schedule and provided reporting to the Core Team.

VF Corporation Headquarters

As a nearly complete renovation of VF Corporation’s 179,000 square foot Greensboro facility, a key goal was to restack the building to create a cohesive and collaborative work environment, while co-locating teams. Working with Rapt Studio, out of San Francisco, the team, upgraded infrastructure and designed flexible workspaces to enhance employee well-being and productivity. The design incorporated sustainable principles and reflected VF Corporation’s brand identity. The end result was a comprehensive transformation of the existing space into a modern, efficient, and collaborative work environment that supports VF Corporation’s business objectives. The new space not only provides employees with a comfortable and productive place to work but also helps to reinforce VF Corporation’s culture and brand identity.

Phoenix Charter School

Workplace A+D served as the architect and lead point of contact providing full service Design Services from project initiation through completion.

UNIFI Global Innovation Center

Unifi retained Workplace Architecture+Design to assist in the creation of their Global Innovation Center. Working closely with Unifi’s marketing and product development teams, Workplace conceptualized a renovation of approximately 11,000 SF of office space into an innovative, one-of-a-kind showroom. Unifi plans to utilize the new Global Innovation Center as a collaborative destination for their clients and partners to aid in the development of new ideas and products.As part of a second phase of the project, Workplace A+D lead the design of a complete renovation of the adjacent employee Commissary, tasked to bring the same level of detail, uniqueness and brand integration to the primary employee break room for the one million + square foot factory. Incorporating Unifi’s commitment to sustainability and playing off their expertise in fiber manufacturing, the design focuses on using natural materials in organic forms. The client tasked our team with maximizing curves in the space, which lead to custom designed concave walls, a 100’ long ‘Fiber Cloud’, and the use of Unifi’s own Reprieve Fiber in all the space’s upholstery.

Kontoor Brands

Following Workplace Architecture + Design’s  successful work and renovation of VF’s Greensboro  headquarters, newly minted Kontoor retained the firm to perform full service architectural and interior design for the renovation of the third floor of historic Revolution Mills to house the Design and Innovation teams of Wrangler and Lee. The project filters ample natural light into the flexible and collaborative working space, provides for specialized product demo/showcase zones (Design Plaza), and mixes eclectic design elements fit for the creative arm of Kontoor.

Flywheel – Concord

Expanding across the Carolinas, Flywheel opened its third location in Concord, March 2021. At Flywheel Coworking, they curate a community of people who are committed to growing their businesses. The programs include startup acceleration and opportunities for investors to participate in early- stage deals. The Social Commons is a place where members, coaches, and partners can mingle in a hospitality like environment. The design of the space also lets the historic character of the former Cabarrus Savings Bank shine through. The space offers approximately 20,000 square feet of small office suites, coworking, event space, seminar rooms, meeting rooms and amenities.

NC Tech Paths – Masthead

The Masthead was the first location added to the Flywheel Affiliate program. A program offered as a service to communities wanting to deploy their own coworking innovation space while being part of the Flywheel space network. This 14,760 SF project involved the adaptive reuse of the former Wilkes Journal Patriot printing press production facility into a modern flex office space supporting regional technology teams working for major corporations as well as the local startup, solopreneurs and freelance entrepreneurs in the community. The design supports social interaction and programming as well as heads-down work zones, incorporating best practices in design attributes that support innovative behaviors and community building.