github mountain
GitHub's ground floor once housed a series of amenities that were incrementally added over time, resulting in a disorienting experience and confusing environmental identity for the brand. As a company in constant movement, GitHub needed a focal point that organizes and clarifies, doubling as a node for San Francisco and for all satellite offices globally: a mountain. The mountain grounds the building and fosters a perpetual flow around the space. This becomes center stage for users, employees, leadership, and community members alike, live streaming broadcast events and hosting international conferences.
Architect: Rapt Studio
General Contractor: SC Builders
Furniture: Two
Millwork: Mission Bell & Commercial Casework
Plaster: Level 5 Design
Fabrication: Kyle Minor Design
15,000sf
designer
architecture, interiors, workplace, environment, amenity
A MOUNTAIN IN MOMENTUM
In the center of this amenity-rich floor, the central mountain touches and spills into adjacent spaces, acting as a backdrop to these amenities. It directs circulation and flow for a community that is constantly in motion. The mountain is a stage for broadcasting, a theaterspace for gatherings, a coffee shop for guests, a bar for celebrations, and a retail store for community members.
A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK, LANDED
Everyone, everywhere, but in one place. The mountain is a landing point for constituents everywhere, including customers, Hubbers, community leaders, satellite office guests, and executive leadership. This is a place for people and information, broadcasting real-time connections between people and digital activity abroad.
