{"id":263744,"date":"2025-09-29T10:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=263744"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:38:18","slug":"cisco-new-york-office-gensler-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/cisco-new-york-office-gensler-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Cisco\u2019s Smart Approach To Hybrid Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The waiting area in reception. Photography by Robert Deitchler\/Courtesy of Gensler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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September 29, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Jen\u00a0Renzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Photography by Robert Deitchler\/Courtesy of Gensler<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Explore Cisco\u2019s Smart Approach To Hybrid Culture<\/h1>\n\n\n

In a post-pandemic effort to consolidate\u2014and apply more consistent design standards to\u2014its global workplace footprint, Cisco hatched a quartet of guiding principles: Facilities should foster staff wellness, optimize sustainability (to meet net-zero ambitions), support mixed-presence scenarios, and be informed by metrics like space and energy utilization. In office locations including New York, that approach has been highly effective. \u201cBy starting with the employee experience, using real data on how work actually happens, and running every decision through our four design pillars, we created spaces that attract, engage, and inspire,\u201d says Bob Cicero, leader of the company\u2019s Future Proof Workplaces Practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agile workspace, a collaboration with Gensler<\/a>, boasts state-of-the-art smart systems, low-voltage power-over-ethernet infrastructure, and platforms to support all types of hybrid meetings. \u201cThe goal was to create an environment where collaboration feels seamless,\u201d Gensler principal Tom Krizmanic says. To that end, \u201cwe designed the space around the optimum delivery of the technology: camera angles, sight lines, and microphone\/speaker relationships.\u201d More than 70 percent of the 59,000-square-foot space is devoted to video-enabled collab zones, from huddle rooms to corridor breakout areas. \u201cThat\u2019s a high ratio, but it could become the norm in organizations with mobile, creative, and hybrid working policies,\u201d Krizmanic adds. By pairing advanced tech with access to in-office and building-wide amenities, he continues, \u201cEmployees can choose the setting that works best for them, ensuring the workplace supports connection and flexibility.\u201d And so it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cisco + Gensler Design A Collaboration-First Workplace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From left: Tom Krizmanic, Gensler, Bob Cicero, Cisco. Bob Cicero, leader of Cisco\u2019s Future Proof Workplaces Practice. Gensler principal Tom Krizmanic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The waiting area in reception.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Grand Central lounge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A conference room dubbed Brooklyn Bridge, with tabletop shaped to support hybrid meetings. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Storyboard corridor, one of 90 video-enabled collaboration zones. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n