Wellness Workspace Prototype
Regenerative Design Narrative for an Urban Office Environment
This project was a personal study in spatial healing. It asked: what if an office could circulate like a body? What if design could regulate stress, not trigger it? Though the building was never realized, the design process became its own kind of proof—showing that even commercial space can be regenerative when form, function, and physiology are allowed to speak.
Detail
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Led the concept and spatial strategy for an innovative urban office building designed to embody wellness at every level—from materiality and flow to light, breath, and biophilic integration. The project, located in Manhattan’s NoMad district, was envisioned as a physiological and psychological reset—bringing circulatory logic, elemental design, and spatial clarity into the commercial landscape.
This was a prototype for a new kind of workplace—one that prioritized resonance, rhythm, and recovery as much as productivity.
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Create a regenerative office typology for a post-acute-care tenant
Reimagine workplace circulation and programming around wellness principles
Integrate natural light, air quality, and biophilic forms as primary design drivers
Align with WELL Building Standard while extending beyond compliance
Provide a distinct narrative that blends sensory experience with spatial systems
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Developed the core regenerative design narrative: Earth / Breath / Light / Rhythm
Designed a circulation loop to support both movement and momentary restoration
Selected material palette based on tactility, natural tones, and physiological harmony
Integrated public wellness programs into the ground level and rooftop zones
Led concept through full design presentation with operational alignment and visual storytelling
Positioned the project as a wellness-forward commercial prototype for future replication
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Concept design completed with full narrative and systems alignment
Tenant engagement secured based on the spatial health-forward strategy
Project halted due to developer malfeasance, but design remains a stand-alone reference for future wellness-integrated workplace models
Portions of the concept have informed other regenerative and wellness projects across sectors