Created in a collaboration between HOK Product Design—an independent division of the architecture firm—and French wall partition manufacturer Clestra Hauserman, and distributed in North America by Steelcase, Irys can be assembled in a single day and functions autonomously: Built-in LED lighting, electrical wiring, AV equipment, and a ventilation system operate independently from the larger building’s systems.
Irys is assembled through single or double rectilinear archways (“bridges”) that anchor attachable, enclosed glass walls on the two open sides of the pod. The two opaque walls of the bridges can be fitted inside and out with a Clestra MediaWall, room-booking modules, or whiteboard surfaces. “Whether relocating offices or making adjustments to an existing space, [Irys] gives [users] the opportunity to be as flexible as they need to be,” says Daniel Herriott, director of interior design at HOK, in San Francisco.
