After operating in two separate locations for several years, Summa Technologies, one of Pittsburgh’s leading IT consulting and custom software development solutions companies, made the decision to consolidate their operations into one central headquarters. Bringing together their management offices (originally located downtown) and their “design studio” (originally located in East Liberty) required a total square footage of 25,000 square feet. After evaluating several possible locations, Summa resolved to settle into the 11th and 12th floors of the Regional Enterprise Tower, formally the Alcoa Building. Built in 1953, the central business district high-rise became an icon for the city. By virtue of its location and use of materials, it expressed the essence of Pittsburgh - an important asset to Summa.
The two components of the company (Management and Design Studio) had two very distinct sets of programmatic requirements; however the goal was to create an integrated and homogeneous workspace where collaboration between various departments was paramount. To accommodate thework flow between the marketing, design, programming and delivery departments, a combination of collaborative “common” and heads down “cave” areas were required. The essence of this project was centered on defining design strategies that would choreograph the interrelationship between these two types of work environments.
Material Used :
1. Resilient Sheet Flooring
a. Bolon Stream
2. Carpet tile
a. Mohawk / Lees - Inseam, Color Beat, and Streetscapes
b. Interface Flor Rugs – Kensington Gardens
c. Mannington - Check and Herry
3. Markerboard wallcovering
a. DL Couch - Source One Magnetic Dry Erase
4. Polished Concrete Floors
5. Decorative Glass backsplashes
a. Rex Glass - local
6. Reclaimed tongue and groove wood planks for feature areas – sourced locally
7. Plastic Laminate
a. Formica New white Gloss, Folkstone, smokey brown pear
b. Lab Designs –Crème Chene
c. Nevamar - Celestial
8. Solid Surface
a. Formica Bleached Concrete
9. Ceilings
a. Armstrong Soundscapes and baffles.
b. Sonnex Rondo Cylindrical baffles
10. Lighting – LaFace McGovern did this one with us. No bids
a. Finelite HP4
b. Prudential – Wing
c. Gotham – Evo
d. Focal Point – Trace
e. Spectrum – Cylinder Pendant
f. Sonneman – Decorative Lighting
11. Paint
a. Benjamin Moore – Palest Pistachio
b. PPG Paints – Blueberry Patch, Kennys Kiss,
c. Ben Moore - Electric Orange
d. Valspar – Purple Frenzy
e. Sherwin Williams – Fusion
12. Doors
a. VT Industries – Restorato Finish
13. Rubber Base – Johnsonite
