Johnson Controls Offices – Chicago

Johnson Controls’ Chicago Sensormatic team’s redesigned office in Chicago’s Old Post Office features a working laboratory style with custom metal grid system for ShopperTrak sensors and preserved 1930s industrial character, by geniant.

Firm
  • Client Johnson Controls Inc,
  • size 28,000 sqft
  • Year 2022
  • Location Chicago, Illinois, United States,
  • Industry Construction / Engineering,
  • Johnson Controls is a global provider of in-store analytics software solutions for retailers and professional services. A move to Chicago’s Old Post Office gave their Chicago Sensormatic team a fresh start after working from home, while providing new space for technology production, product testing, and display. The office is designed as a working laboratory for the company’s ShopperTrak sensor equipment. A custom overhead metal grid system allows the team to mount sensors at entrances, circulation paths, and other key meeting areas to provide data on occupancy and movement.

    The suite’s 1930s industrial character is preserved with exposed brick walls, concrete flooring, and historic mail chutes. Our design team created dividing walls with metal mesh details and branding, and crowned the prominent communal areas with modern, linear lighting. Existing brightly colored furniture was balanced with a monochromatic finish palette.

    Design: geniant
    Contractor: Leopardo
    MEP Engineer: McGuire Engineers
    Furniture Dealer: Henricksen
    Photography: Kendall McCaugherty | Hall + Merrick + McCaugherty Photographers