The dense urban location of the project provides ample opportunity for Glumac staff to engage LA’s vibrant downtown community and culture, enjoying parks, restaurants, cultural centers, and major clients in nearby buildings. Site proximity to Metro buses, trains, and bike lanes allows convenient commuting options beyond the single-occupancy vehicle. The large window openings allow employees to take in 360° views of Los Angeles and the surrounding San Gabriel Mountains from the 23rd floor. Site + EquityĬompleted in 1973, the Aon Center is a 62-story, modernist skyscraper designed by Charles Luckman and constructed by CL Peck Contractor. We wanted it to be the cornerstone of the interactive space.” This design allows for an adaptable, expansive work environment that creates opportunities for a new level of mobility and connectivity for Glumac. Managing Principal Jacob Chan explains, “The kitchen has always been the center of gravity where people mingle, talk, act together and brainstorm.
Long wood table incorporates FSC-approved wood. The kitchen, aptly referred to as Downtown, acts as a communal activity hub with a long table of Forest Stewardship Council wood at its center, allowing staff and clients to meet and freely exchange ideas. Smaller closed breakout spaces and meeting areas are adjacent to open workspaces for focused discussions.Ĭollaboration spaces can also be found in break out rooms, innovation labs, and a large open kitchen that lie just beyond the lobby. Each workstation is identical, facilitating flexibility to move individuals or groups, as project needs change. Open workspaces are organized in eight-person “neighborhoods” that boost team-building opportunities for specific projects or market types. The 17,500 sqft open office plan design, developed by Gensler, allows for natural daylighting and encourages a collective work ethos. Occupying the 23rd floor of the Aon Center, the new Los Angeles office design is centered on the idea of collaboration and connectivity. In these twin efforts, the design teams have applied insight stemmed from Glumac’s high-performing LEED Platinum offices in Irvine, Portland, and Silicon Valley. In collaboration with ILFI, Gensler, Shimizu and GIGA, Glumac has also just opened its new Shanghai office, the first Living Building Certification-targeted project in Asia. With a focus on Net-Zero Energy, as well as the Site, Equity and Beauty Petals, the Glumac LA project is in the running to become the 2nd Living Building Challenge Petal Certified tenant improvement project in the world and the first of its kind in Los Angeles. Four of the seven environmental and social impact categories must be completed for a project to be awarded Petal Certification, one of which must be either the Net-Zero Energy, the Net-Zero Water, or the Materials Petal. While fulfilling all LBC imperatives is the ultimate goal, achieving multiple requirements through Petal Certification is also a significant achievement.
From these Petals stem 20 Design Imperatives. Glumac has taken this unique approach to its new LA office location and will establish a learning laborator圓580 where the performance of these sustainable strategies can be monitored and observed firsthand.Ī program of the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), the LBC is organized into seven environmental and social impact areas, called Petals.
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To achieve certification under the LBC, projects must meet a series of ambitious performance requirements over a minimum of 12 months of continuous occupancy. It calls for the creation of building projects at all scales that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as nature’s architecture. The LBC is often considered the most rigorous green building performance standard. The office relocation is an opportunity for the firm to chart innovative strategies for existing high-rise buildings by pursuing Petal Certification under the Living Building Challenge (LBC). Located in the heart of the Financial District in downtown Los Angeles, Glumac’s new office space sets a precedent for ultra-efficient tenant improvement projects.
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