Ebb Therapeutics, Office Renovation

Ebb Therapeutics, a privately held sleep-aid device company, needed a flexible new headquarters to accommodate growth while better reflecting the organization’s values: collaboration, creativity, and cross-disciplinary thinking. We worked with Ebb to understand who they are and how they work, conducting an existing space efficiency study and a space needs assessment. Our design reflected the Ebb ethos by providing an open floor plan with varying degrees of public and private space, with private office space, open work stations, laboratory and meeting space as well as a large scale board room for client presentations and public displays.

Completed

2017

Size

7,500 sf.

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Role

Interior Architect

Program

Open office, meeting rooms, flex spaces, client-facing entry zone

COLLABORATIVE PLANNING

Working with key stakeholders, our team analyzed the company’s current staffing needs as well as projected growth to assist EBB in the selection of a new home for their headquarters. To assist with the lease space confirmation process, our team prepared a program requirement assessment as well as a critical adjacency matrix to illustrate efficiencies.

BUILT-IN GROWTH POTENTIAL

With this understanding, our team developed design options that defined distinct environments for quiet/private workspace, collaboration and recreation, and a client facing zone that embodied the branding and vision of the EBB organization. Building off of Ebb’s vision for a space that is energized by strong visual and physical connections that would encourage synergy between various departments, our team’s goal was to create an engaging space that would foster collaboration and creativity. To help emphasize the potential flexibility of the space and its ability to satisfy the companies expected growth, our team prepared test fit studies that could accommodate staff sizes ranging from 30 to 70 people.