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adidas Gold, Red and Performance Zone

Studio O+A

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Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Large Office
6.59
7.24
6.94
7.07
6.96
Haijie Hu
Haijie Hu Cofounder and Creative Director at VAVE Studio
7.36
6.03
5.76
4.68
5.96
Kim Tchai
Kim Tchai Founder and CEO at Tchai International
5.52
5.46
5.69
3.58
5.06
Geoffrey Timmer
Geoffrey Timmer Creative director at Colliers
6
5.8
7.2
5
6
Mijail Gutierrez
Mijail Gutierrez Principal and Design Director at Perkins and Will
This project is conceptually ambiti...
5
4
5
3
4.25
Christophe Penasse
Christophe Penasse Cofounder at Masquespacio
7.14
5
6.25
5
5.85
Hongchao Wang
Hongchao Wang Creative Director and Cofounder at Benwu Studio
6.19
5
6.76
4.3
5.56
Miriam Zuurbier
Miriam Zuurbier Associate Partner and Creative Director at TANK
The shop is for sure a statement. W...
5
4
6
4
4.75
Raquel Machado
Raquel Machado Senior Design Associate at M Moser Associates
It's a grand space and the underwat...
5
4
1.5
4
3.63
Güray Oskay
Güray Oskay Director of Architectural Design at ATÖLYE
The space completely overshadows th...
5
3
5
4
4.25
Madhubala Ayyamperumal
Madhubala Ayyamperumal Design Experience Leader at Gensler
Bold design idea as a concept. Bit...
5
3.75
5
3.03
4.2
Rosha Ehsan
Rosha Ehsan Head of Design at Gastronomica Middle East
6
5.78
6.5
4.99
5.82
Elliot March
Elliot March Cofounder at MAWD
4.88
3.79
4.79
3.77
4.31
Kamna Malik
Kamna Malik Design Curator & Content Strategist at Kamna Malik
The design is surely bold but it's...
3
3
4
3
3.25
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Large Office of the Year
7.68
8.08
7.76
7.73
7.81
Haijie Hu
Haijie Hu Cofounder and Creative Director at VAVE Studio
7.36
6.03
5.76
4.68
5.96
Kim Tchai
Kim Tchai Founder and CEO at Tchai International
5.52
5.46
5.69
3.58
5.06
Geoffrey Timmer
Geoffrey Timmer Creative director at Colliers
6
5.8
7.2
5
6
Mijail Gutierrez
Mijail Gutierrez Principal and Design Director at Perkins and Will
This project is conceptually ambiti...
5
4
5
3
4.25
Christophe Penasse
Christophe Penasse Cofounder at Masquespacio
7.14
5
6.25
5
5.85
Hongchao Wang
Hongchao Wang Creative Director and Cofounder at Benwu Studio
6.19
5
6.76
4.3
5.56
Miriam Zuurbier
Miriam Zuurbier Associate Partner and Creative Director at TANK
The shop is for sure a statement. W...
5
4
6
4
4.75
Raquel Machado
Raquel Machado Senior Design Associate at M Moser Associates
It's a grand space and the underwat...
5
4
1.5
4
3.63
Güray Oskay
Güray Oskay Director of Architectural Design at ATÖLYE
The space completely overshadows th...
5
3
5
4
4.25
Madhubala Ayyamperumal
Madhubala Ayyamperumal Design Experience Leader at Gensler
Bold design idea as a concept. Bit...
5
3.75
5
3.03
4.2
Rosha Ehsan
Rosha Ehsan Head of Design at Gastronomica Middle East
6
5.78
6.5
4.99
5.82
Elliot March
Elliot March Cofounder at MAWD
4.88
3.79
4.79
3.77
4.31
Kamna Malik
Kamna Malik Design Curator & Content Strategist at Kamna Malik
The design is surely bold but it's...
3
3
4
3
3.25
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Client
adidas
Floor area
24805 ㎡
Completion
2021
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The new adidas campus in Portland, Oregon, celebrates sport as a model for living. Three buildings—a 182,000 sq. ft. office structure, a 31,000 sq. ft. boutique fitness center, and a 54,000 sq. ft. sales team office—look out to a soccer pitch from spaces designed to echo the values the field represents: teamwork, integrity, agility and playfulness. When Studio O+A was formulating design development for this project, one approach was to align the spaces aesthetically with adidas’s products. In some cases, that meant translating adidas fashion elements like shoe treads or fabric selections into architectural gestures. In others, it was a process of capturing the spirit of a sport in a representative space. In every case, it meant bringing to the design adidas brand values: inclusivity, credibility, sustainability.

The GOLD building is as fit as the athletes it serves. The “open offices” mean open to multiple uses and act like workshops with 100% unassigned desks (designated by teams). As a LEED Gold-certified project, it makes use of innovative materials sourcing and construction techniques that point to new paths to sustainability and energy-efficient design. LEVER’s structural weaving of pre-cast concrete, glulam beams, and cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels results in a modern workplace with the spaciousness and warmth of a lodge in the Northwest woods. Adding to the warmth of the space are custom tables fabricated from trees felled to clear the construction site and tagged to indicate their origins.

By maintaining the highest wellness and environmental standards, the GOLD building supports a healthy workforce and communicates to employees that their physical, social and mental wellbeing is a priority.

The Performance Zone represents one of the company’s core beliefs: that sport has the power to change lives. This idea informs brand gestures throughout the building and is not only a brand concept—it’s the function of the space. The boutique gym is a comprehensive collection of specialty spaces drawn together by a design that celebrates fitness as a branch of wellness and wellness as a virtue that contributes to the universal good.

Finally, the RED building is the place on campus dedicated to adidas’s sales team. The ground floor has a coworking lounge with a variety of settings to support various user preferences. The building includes showroom and presentation spaces that are adaptable and can host external visitors. It provides incubator-like spaces where teams can explore and showcase their in-progress work in an ideal setting. The new adidas campus reflects what the pandemic has taught us about what employees want in a workplace with health, wellbeing and sustainability at the forefront. Though rooted in the culture of its Portland locale, the campus feels universal in what it can teach us about design—and in what it suggests about the future of work.