Sentry’s receptionist sits at a custom wooden desk. The lobby consists of a purple loveseat and a burnt sienna chair, both adorned with patterned pillows. The wooden table and beige ottoman contrast with the graphics displayed on the glass walls.

Intentionally odd, totally productive.

Blitz partnered with Sentry to create a space for their team of creators, problem-solvers, troubleshooters, and puzzle-piece-joiners. Spanning the 7th and 8th floors in a downtown San Francisco high rise, the Sentry HQ incorporates the diverse urban textures that surround its vibrant, quirky palette.

This rich landscape unfolds to accommodate a large all-hands space/dining area, two pantries, boardroom, reception, meeting, and phone rooms, informal working areas, and open office within a varied network. The resulting spectrum of space offers varying degrees of privacy, allowing for a harmonious combination of heads-down work, design, and outreach areas.

Within, Sentry employees can be found bouncing from meeting to meeting, congregating around a central island in the all-hands space, and playing board games; creating the camaraderie that is integral to Sentry’s culture. A series of flexible spaces that allow these functions are carefully placed within varied neighborhoods, while definition is created through monumental architectural elements, anchoring groups within the larger space and offering defined private collaboration areas for individual departments. The resulting office is defined by an aesthetic and programmatic diversity that reflects the unique composition of the Sentry team.

SENTRY

LOCATION
San Francisco, California

SIZE
37,000 SF

SCOPE
Architecture
Interior Design
Furniture Planning + Selection
Environmental Graphics

PHOTOGRAPHY
Emily Hagopian

Sentry employees are scattered across the room, working independently. An abstract ceiling fixture looms over them. A blue light glows behind the white geometric shapes that compose the fixture. In the back of the room, a textured blue wall serves as
Colorful shapes, dotted lines, and San Francisco Skyscrapers are displayed as concept images emphasizing “The Fabric Between.”

The Fabric Between

The negative space between objects forms a unique, functional fabric that evolves as it is experienced. This continuous fabric unites a diverse, varied workplace, maintaining strong connection while allowing for flexilbity over time. Boundaries are blurred as spaces, fixtures and finishes overlap. Sometimes contrasting and other times merging together.

A colorful art piece made of thread and white beads activates the hallway wall.
A neon sign that reads: “Yes We’re Open Source,” hangs on the gray and red patterned wall.

“We’ve been delighted working with Blitz - they made creating a new office exceptionally easy on us. They’ve curated all of our outlandish ideas into a space filled with details that reflects our brand in all its quirky wonderfulness.”

SALONI DUDZIAK, GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT OF PEOPLE, SENTRY

A Sentry employee works independently in a cozy seating area nestled in the corner. Sleek gray panels around the area act as partitions and contrast with the blue and gray patterned carpet.
Conference room signage that reads “Raven” is displayed on a wooden wall. A textured burnt sienna pattern is positioned next to the room signage.
A modern painting of a deconstructed hot dog hangs on the wall under two silver light fixtures. A single chair rests at the countertop.
Sentry employees interact in the hallway. One of them sits at a long, slender table, while the other one stands in the doorway next to a wall with marble characteristics.
Sentry’s brand colors are used creatively in a mural on the hall wall. The artwork depicts laptops dancing about and a feline splayed out on the catwalk with its derrière exposed. Geometric shapes and abstract structures add to the art’s uniqueness.

The Sentry HQ employs a Network Neighborhood concept to create and strengthen identity within the office while allowing for privacy and future flexibility.

A hallway is used to showcase Sentry’s logo in a bold yellow that contrasts with the white walls.
A sentry employee walks down the hallway, streams of yellow unfold before him.
Several small images of windows function as project concept graphics.

Through the windows

A seating area with a blue textured wall compliments a gray couch, two chairs, and a coffee table. The carpet and walls exude blue hues.
 

Be intentional. Get in touch.

 

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