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Equinox Health Clubs, a prominent chain of gyms and athletic facilities sought an office space to centralize operations while maintaining the contemporary and playful feel of a fitness area. Programmatic needs for private offices, open offices, and conference spaces were satisfied in response to two definitive site characteristics: the two rows of columns running the length of the space and the lofty 16 foot ceilings. The screen of columns set up three spatial and programmatic zones; central conference and communal workspace, enclosed private offices that wrap around the perimeter and open office space. The columns become markers of the proportion and scale of the space, experienced in a ritualistic rhythm as one moves between office and conference areas.