Wilsonart Engineered Surfaces approached STG Design to create a headquarters building for its American operation with the challenge to develop a space that showcased the company's growing portfolio of surfacing materials and provided a unifying space for collaborative work, training, meetings and customer events. Located in Temple, TX, the new Wilson Center would integrate a global organization into an open plan office, while providing much-needed specialty spaces for product design, merchandising development, large-class training, meetings, and video-conferencing.
The Wilson Center celebrates light with an all-window lobby that welcomes guests with a playful ?sample wall? featuring Wilsonart's iconic red laminate sample chip. The main hallway serves as a central artery connecting the lobby to a spectacular break room at the back of the building.
This corridor offers access to wings of well-lit open offices, plenty of phone rooms, huddle rooms and meeting rooms. An open-space café features a coffee bar and comfortable seating to encourage engagement. Clever magnetic spinners showcase the latest company stories, while the entire office space uses Wilsonart's products in innovative, conversation-starting applications.
The 31,000 sf headquarters design exhibits Wilsonart's capabilities and unique products. For instance, the reclaimed wood flooring in the break room was digitally reproduced as a custom-printed laminate and used on the front desk where nearly every guest has to touch it to believe it. The coffee bar makes use of Wilsonart Solid Surface and Woodgrain Laminate on top, with Wilsonart Compact Laminate, a thick, High Pressure Laminate, routed to emulate the surrounding tile. The pergola beams overhead are covered with a second Woodgrain Laminate. Whether the bathroom stalls or accent furniture, Wilsonart's new space maximizes the potential to beautifully display the company's finest, cutting-edge products. The Wilson Center has dazzled customers and significantly improving employees? morale since it opened.