All current projects underway at Rietveld Architects’ New York design studio incorporate leading edge workplace concepts into striking, unique design expressions.

The diversity of designs produced by Rietveld Architects belies a unifying commitment to environmental sustainability and workplace dynamism. For the firm’s partners, Rijk and Margaret Rietveld, this singular dedication to creating innovative work environments has manifested itself in their “Free Flow” conception of the modern work environment.

Modern management theory has evolved far beyond the arbitrary parameters that exist now as remnants of a long forgotten era of austere working environments. Traditional approaches to office building design are as outdated as the manual typewriter, yet continue to define the relationship between a labor force eager to shed these anachronous paradigms and the spaces it occupies.

In the information age, the most dynamic, successful work cultures are in some part fluid, interactive, virtual, individual and functional in the global market place. Clients who embrace this exciting period of evolution and growth fundamentally understand the necessity of giving actual form to the essentially abstract idea of the Free Flow office environment.

The Free Flow concept predicates that the nature of work is increasingly parallel and serial rather than linear. The Free Flow approach is designed to specifically enhance these modern work characteristics. Continuously flowing double high office areas promote spontaneous interaction between workers, enhance communication, and engender an overarching singularity of purpose within a working environment.