So, time to head up the elevators:
Principal Dermot Sweeny of Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & Company Architects, a.k.a &Co, led the tour:
The first stop is the 5th floor, which includes a large gourmet kitchen:
Off of the kitchen you will find a green roof/patio area on top of the podium box:
There are also indoor spaces to eat and meet on the floor. We stop for a while in one of them to hear about the building's windows:
[video=youtube;A04BW1CNvrc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A04BW1CNvrc[/video]
The 5th floor also features an innovative Telepresence conference room:
What is Telepresence? Watch the video below for the answer...
[video=youtube;PHR7hGz7kiQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHR7hGz7kiQ[/video]
Next, a visit to a typical office floor, the 27th to be exact. No offices sit right up against the windows; in fact the space along the window walls is reserved as circulation space. Columns holding up the building are 4 metres back from the windows, so they nestle in amongst workspaces.
Central areas on each floor provide space for employees to meet, and workspaces are flexible.
Of course, views from this building are pretty spectacular:
Next, we head back down to the 3rd and 4th floors, which read as the black box of the podium. Facilities inside the podium are numerous, and include a wellness centre, with physiotherapy, meditation, and prayer rooms, as well as fitness eqipment:
Another boardroom in the podium features large screen Telus television... which you can't get in Ontario yet. Someday...
At the back of the podium, is access to the largest of the green roofs at Telus, which features an herb garden overlooking Union Station and the financial core. The plants are just in the ground now, but should look spectacular, especially from the bank towers as they grow in.
Finally, back down to the lobby, and another look at Michael Awad & Daivd Rokeby's lovely light sculpture (sorry about the low res...)
[video=youtube;2eWS4zY6N7s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eWS4zY6N7s[/video]
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