There might be a gum ball machine or a snack bar nearby. The 24-hour customer service area has it's own punching bag, hung behind an elegant steel mesh curtain. To orient employees, each part of the building has its own carpet pattern and color. At the same time, NBBJ was called upon to design spaces that would be inviting to potential hires in the hotly competitive software industry. A swirl of electrical conduit on the ceiling over the conference zone was created by Freemont artist David Gulassa.
Individual offices are spare, with raw concrete slabs exposed.
There is a touch of luxury in the tall, heavy doors finished with beautiful displays of custom split birch veneer. The food service is more like a hot new waterfront restaurant. In one thoroughfare, a prominent column is covered with scrawl in many colors. Employees signed it on their first visit to the campus, then under construction. The company covered the raw concrete and the signatures with Plexiglas, proud of the commitment the new offices have drawn.