AN INTERIOR VIEW OF THE NEW CONNECTOR BRIDGE WITHIN GSA’S HEADQUARTERS.
started trying out some furniture and work- ing arrangements,” Davis remembers. “On our seventh floor, we tried some alternative furniture, walls and filing cabinets—all on wheels. This allowed different offices to ad- just the environment to their needs. They started moving all the furniture around and reconnected their phones, etc. They were able to set up their space in a couple hours in a way that made sense for them.” The Office of Design and Construction
was also renovated to explore how you could keep the historic character of the building while providing offices, open area and semi- enclosed cubicles. “The findings are actually the model for the renovation that we are do- ing for 1800 F Street,” Davis says. Currently, GSA’s staff is spread across
10 locations in the D.C. area but the 1800 F Street renovation will bring approximately 2,000 employees from these additional lo- cations into the headquarters space, allow- ing GSA to re-allocate or sell the additional office spaces.
ONE FLOOR IN GSA’S HEADQUARTERS MAY ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORKSPACES. FOR EXAMPLE, WORK THAT REQUIRES COLLABORATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN OPEN LAYOUTS (SHOWN IN WHITE ON THE ILLUSTRATION) AND WORK THAT IS PRIVATE WILL OCCUR IN ENCLOSED OFFICES (SHOWN IN GRAY).
A VIEW OF GSA’S HEADQUARTERS, 1800 F. STREET NW, WASHINGTON, D.C., AFTER PHASE 1 OF ITS RENOVATION IS COMPLETE.