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C.Mark Craeme

架构师提供的文本描述。该项目位于高地附近曼哈顿肉类加工区的一个阁楼式3层前学校大楼中；该建筑建于1901年。办公室占一楼和二楼的很大一部分，一楼的天花板高14‘-9“，二楼的天花板高13’-4”。

Text description provided by the architects. The project is located in a loft-style, 3 story former school building in the MeatPacking District of Manhattan near the Highline; the building was built in 1901. The office occupies a large portion of the first and second floors.  Ceilings height on the ground floor: 14'-9".  On the second floor the ceiling height is 13'

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C.Mark Craeme

这座建筑物在1901年第一次建成时，最初是一家印刷厂。我们为Betaworks办公室翻修了两层楼，其中包括一个地下空间，作为主“前门”，有一个私人人行道入口。

The building was originally a printing factory when it was first built in 1901. We renovated two floors for the Betaworks office including a ground floor space which acts as the main 'front door' with a private sidewalk entrance.

 Floor Plan

Betaworks是一家欣欣向荣的科技孵化器公司，它为众多创意科技初创企业带来了巨大的商机。该公司在短短3年内迅速发展，并在接缝处分崩离析。它们是有机发展的，只要空间允许，就在需要的基础上增加办公桌和会议室。但他们从来没有奢侈的退一步，为公司制定一个总体计划，允许他们的品牌的实际表现。

Betaworks is a thriving tech incubator company that nutures a wide range of creative tech start ups.  The company had grown rapidly in just 3 years and was busting at the seams.  They had grown organically, adding desks and conference rooms on an as-needed basis wherever space allowed, but they never had the luxury of stepping back and developing a master plan for the company that allowed for the physical expression of their brand.

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C.Mark Craeme

当我们第一次参观他们在二楼的旧空间时，我们走进了一个充满活力但又互不相连的工作区。

When we first visited their old space on the 2nd floor of the building, we walked into a vibrant but disjointed collection of work areas & knew immediately that we needed to hone in on the flow of work groups and design a support system for a range of social activities-- creative lounge areas, ad-hoc brainstorming sessions, break out spaces for relaxing, and TED-talk type events.

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C.Mark Craeme

Betaworks实际上是一家孵化器科技公司，它实际上建立了其他科技公司(如Gife、Instapaper、Digg和DOTS)；但它们不仅仅是其他初创企业的孵化器保护伞-它们提供种子资金，但在它们所支持的公司中也扮演着强有力的顾问角色：它们认为自己是创业工作室和加速器的一个莫名其妙的混合体，由约翰·博斯特威克领导。在任何特定时间，10到15家初创公司都设在Betaworks，Betaworks的高管团队会在每一家公司的工作区域内外进行合并，以帮助他们实现愿景和成长。Betaworks是母舰，初创企业是正在培养的年轻公司，直到它们规模足够大，可以单独离开。

Betaworks is actually an incubator tech company that literally builds other tech companies (like Giphy, Instapaper, Digg, and dots);  but they are more than just an incubator umbrella for other start ups-- they provide seed money but also play a strong advisory role in the companies they support: they consider themselves an inexplicable hybrid of startup studio and accelerator, led by John Borthwick.   At any given time 10-15 start up companies are housed at Betaworks and the Betaworks executive team merges in and out of each company's work area to help them envision and grow.  Betaworks is the mothership and the start ups are the young companies being nurtured until they are large enough to move out and go it alone.

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C.Mark Craeme

Architects Desai Chia Architecture

Location 29 Little W 12th St, New York, NY 10014, United States

Category Offices Interiors

Architect in Charge Desai Chia Architecture

Design Team Katherine Chia, Arjun Desai, Kenneth Mitchell, Katsuya Arai

Area 18000.0 ft2

Project Year 2015

Photographs Mark Craemer