Workplace is a documentary made by Gary Hustwit, in association with R/GA, for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.Workplace is about the past, present, and future of the office. It looks at the thinking, innovation, and experimentation involved in trying to create the next evolution of what the office could be. The film follows the design and construction of the New York headquarters of digital agency R/GA (in collaboration with architects Foster + Partners) who have been experimenting with how physical and digital space can better interact. Digital technology has radically changed how and where most of us work, but the physical spaces we work in haven’t kept up with that transformation.
Cinematography
Glass and steel never looked this seductively clickable.
Production
Foster + Partners' process exposed like corporate surgery.
Direction
Hustwit treats office furniture with Herzog-level reverence.
Director
Gary Hustwit
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, meaning this was originally consumed by people in much nicer chairs than yours.
R/GA's old office was literally a converted cruise ship terminal—this film documents them trading industrial grunge for algorithmic gloss.
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