Design to Reality

As part of the greater design, these elevator lobbies were treated as colour-saturated expressions of the concept. Each floor had a different colour story and its own variation on the carpet design serving also as way-finding. The custom wool carpets were close to my heart. I actually specified the colour design for each 2" x 2" square.

Concept Sections Through Shaw Tower

The base building design of Shaw Tower is an expression of natural, regional materials. Shaw's presence on the main floor is prominent and had to complement its surroundings. We combined warped and organic forms with coloured light and translucency as a soft foil to the architect's wood and stone. LED lights glow and shift from the glass "lantern" meeting room over-looking the main entry way. An organic light form unfurls through the elevator lobby. The affect is an allusion to what awaits you around the corner.