Washington D.C. Campus

Interior Design at BDG

Washington D.C. is a city defined by its layers. Built on land carved from two states and shaped by more than two centuries of political, cultural, and social history, it is a place where the past and present exist in constant conversation. From the monuments anchoring the National Mall to the neighborhoods quietly redefining the city block by block, D.C. carries its identity with both weight and forward momentum.

This workplace project occupies a single floor in the heart of the city, designed to reflect D.C.'s dual nature as a place of institutional permanence and contemporary energy. The design concept, 'Legacy and Horizon’, draws directly from the character of the city itself: reverent of what came before, and purposefully oriented toward what comes next.

A single motif unifies the floor while telling two distinct stories. The grid appears first in the entry as a solid walnut millwork system wrapping the walls and ceiling, creating compression, warmth, and gravitas. As the floor opens into the collaborative heart of the space, the grid reappears transformed. Rendered in acoustic felt, it expands outward, becoming lighter and more diffuse. The same underlying order, expressed in two different registers, mirrors the city's ability to hold history and possibility within the same frame.