2026 | Professional

NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards Silver Winner Winner

Elite Merit Office — Immersive Workspace by Collab

Entrant

Collab

Category

Interior Design - Workplace (NEW)

Client's Name

Elite Merit

Country / Region

United Arab Emirates

Elite Merit Office — Immersive Workspace by Collab redefines the workplace as a strategic business instrument. The project was conceived to solve a layered challenge: how does a young brokerage enter an oversaturated Dubai market, attract top talent, and close multi-million-dollar real estate deals face-to-face? The answer was not a campaign. It was the space itself.



The result is a fully integrated media environment where interactive and data-driven art installations are embedded into the interior design as a unified ecosystem.

Biophilic design is the conceptual foundation. Not as an aesthetic, but as an evidence-based framework for how environments shape human behavior, productivity, and well-being. Every artwork in the space is governed by biophilic principles of slow movement, cyclical change, and natural adaptation, supporting a calmer, more restorative everyday office experience.



“Stratum” by Ke Jyun Wu interprets company performance as a living terrain shaped by erosion and flow. “Human Nature” by fuse*Factory builds a dynamic ecosystem responding to human presence and environmental data. “The Biophilic Holo Series” — a collection of artworks by multiple artists displayed on holographic glass within the meeting rooms — shifts atmospherically with light, temperature, and seasonal cycles, reinforcing circadian awareness and perceptual comfort throughout the working day. Together, these works draw on patterns found in nature to create a more intuitive and emotionally balanced workplace experience.



The environment is intelligent and continuously responsive. “Nura Sands” by Kaoru Tanaka transforms the entrance into a fluid, movement-reactive transition. “Market Pillars” translate real-time market dynamics into ambient visual signals embedded directly into the architecture. Across the office, interconnected systems adapt to the time of day, occupancy, and environmental conditions — creating a living dialogue between the space and its users.



The project proposes a new model for workplace design: an environment that is biophilically grounded, technologically responsive, and commercially purposeful — where well-being and business performance are not in tension, but, by design, the same thing.

Credits

Chief Creative Director, Executive Producer, Collab
Jak Bryo
Creative Director, Producer, Collab
Alina Zakharova
Art Director, Collab
Aglaya Kuznetsova
Producer, Collab
Andrey Smirnov
Producer, Collab
John Pererva
Technical Director, Collab
Andrey Chernyshov
Technical Director, Collab
Alexander Koltyshev
Concept Designer, Collab
Natalia Kalachevskaia
Design Supervisor, Collab
Aleksander Medvedev
Design Supervisor, Collab
Sergey Nikitin
Design Supervisor, Developer, Collab
Eugene Ryazantsev
Developer, Collab
Ivan Kulakov
Developer, Collab
Alexander Korneev
Artist Manager, Collab
Lolita Laizan
Interactive Hardware Engineer, Collab
Alex Lavrov
Interactive Hardware Engineer, Collab
Artem Beloborodov
Founder, Elite Merit
Shadi Rimeh
Managing Director, Elite Merit
Ilya Demidov
Product Owner, Elite Merit
Dmitry Seregin
Head of Office Operations Department, Elite Merit
Holly Staines
Project Coordinator, Elite Merit
Diana Shants
Interior Design
XBD
General Contractor
KPS
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