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First United Church Community Ministry Society

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CDI Spaces and Allsteel recently collaborated to give First United Church Community Ministry – a Vancouver-based non-profit organization – an office furniture solution package for its new, temporary office.

First United Church Community Ministry

First United Church Community Ministry (commonly known as First United) is a non-profit organization located in Downtown Vancouver, that is committed to seeking social justice and offering programs of housing and healing for street-involved people. With a goal of addressing the critical housing, health, and social justice, First United was in the planning stages of building a new space. This meant that they would need to demolish their current building to rebuild it. In the meantime, they moved to a new space to continue their service operations and administrations and focus on their fundraising campaign for their new building.
In support of this non-profit organization, Allsteel and CDI Spaces joined forces to contribute to the cause, providing First United with flexible and sustainable office furniture that not only met their employees’ needs, but could be reused for their new shelter in the future.

FLEXIBLE OFFICE FURNITURE

First United wanted to utilize the cool architectural elements that the building offered. To create some quiet space for staff, while without having to undergo major renovations in the building, hotelling stations and phone booths were perfect solutions. These options are movable, giving First United the flexibility to easily reconfigure their workspace layout in their new shelter.

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Mute Box

Constructed in 1908, the two-storey property was the former home of Canada Bank of Japan before World War II. The building was transformed into a contemporary, charming space in 2008, boasting high ceilings, concrete walls, wood beams and a large vault storage in the middle. To keep the original look and feel of the building, CDI Spaces designers worked together with contractors to position the furniture around the existing infrastructure, making it a part of the whole workspace design.

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Approach Desking – Allsteel
Task Chair – Allsteel
Meeting Chair – Allsteel

To create a cozy ambiance, the orange tone of the wood and accent chairs paired with the pastel colours of the sofa gave the overall space a warm, welcoming and contemporary feel.

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HON – West Hill Lounge Sofa

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Edmonton Christian West School

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Edmonton Christian West School underwent a complete modernization, which meant the opportunity for the school to start from scratch and completely re-envision their layout. To design this space, we needed to understand what the space would be used for, and when the space would be used.

One of Edmonton Christian West School’s vision is to create a multi-functional place where kids can come between classes to hang out, relax, or study.

Using colours to enhance learning and boost mood

Inspired by the desire to create an energetic and fun learning commons area, we particularly applied the effects of colour psychology to heighten creativity and instill a sense of warmth, peace, and calm with yellow, light green, and orange.

Flexible furniture

With an emphasis on flexible, modular furniture, we outfitted the space with the laminate top ottoman cluster, which could be easily pulled apart and reconfigured. One of the hopes was to allow students to choose how the breakout rooms would be used, whether for relaxed or focused working. The installed provided seating on both sides, for a degree of separation for students who valued quiet work.

Freedom to create their own space

We arranged this area towards the front bleachers to be flexible and reconfigurable. On a regular day, the meeting area could be used as a spot for students to come together during lunch, and on other days, the furniture could be removed to act as a stage for school assemblies and gatherings.
Edmonton Christian West School also wanted the entrance to make a stunning first impression. Keeping with the bright and welcoming theme, the inspiration for the front area came from the symbolic Edmonton River Valley. The space loosely mimicked imagery of the river trails, with soft seating winding through the centre of the space. Other pieces like the rubber outdoor rocks and detachable soft seating tower were meant to give the impression of hills and mountains. Tactile pieces like the grassy ottoman also provided sensory stimulation and a realistic flair.

“Edmonton Christian schools were looking for ways to help students learn the way they felt most comfortable. The furniture had to be flexible so that students could choose what was best for them. That meant that we had to have options for furniture that allowed students to bounce and fidget, or where students could stand, sit, or slouch sometimes. The furniture had to be comfortable so there had to be some soft seating for quiet reading. We wanted the furniture to move fairly easily around the room so that the room could be easily reconfigured. All of this had to come at a reasonable price. CDI did help us a lot in the process. Their design team was fabulous in helping us choose options, colours, and appropriate setup. We also felt that the quality of the furniture was excellent and came with a price tag that was within our reach. We started buying the furniture a few years ago and have experienced ongoing support from CDI that we have really come to appreciate. For all of this, we are grateful as we feel our school is now a great place of learning for our students.”

Peter Buisman, Executive Director, Edmonton Christian West School

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Tsuut’ina High School

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CDI Spaces partnered with the Tsuut’ina Nation on their brand new 4,000-square-metre high school project in the west of Calgary. The new state-of-the-art school includes a theatre for fine arts, a culinary space, a learning common area, and a gym. The scope of the project included outfitting and furnishing the entire school. Key areas we worked on the Cultural Room, Elder’s Lounge, student gathering area, student support services, and classrooms.

TsuuT’ina High School Classroom designed by CDI Spaces with Analogy Series Rocking Chair

Designed with distancing in mind

We took design and usability into account, while considering the unprecedented experience of the post-COVID classroom for students. Classrooms were designed with a lot of spaces, allowing students to move around, as well as ensuring physical distancing between students.

Flexibility was key to design success

One key aspect Tsuut’ina high school wanted us to consider in the overall design was flexible seating. From individual student desks that could be moved around the space, to rocking chairs that encouraged student flexibility to high stools for in-between spaces, we ensured that all areas would be able to serve various configurations over the years. In addition, combing gentle movement and flexible support, we added rocking chairs in every classroom to help children channel excess energy into their learning endeavours.

TsuuT’ina High School – Learning Commons Designed By CDI Spaces with Analogy Civitas Stool

TsuuT’ina High School – Cultural Room Designed By CDI Spaces with WORKPAD Caddy Collection

Preserve traditional values

We designed the cultural room to mimic the feeling of being inside a Tipi with bright color accents for sentiments of vibrancy and vitality. Used for drumming and communal activities, the room was designed as a hub for interaction. The floor cushions added a realistic element to the room and are able to be removed and stored in a caddy when not in use.

“The Tsuut’ina Nation constructed a new state of the art high school to meet the needs of the community for future generations. Right from our first discussions, CDI Spaces knew the significance of creating the best learning environment for First Nations students. They understood our journey to develop an education system that incorporates land, language and culture that engages the traditions of the past with visions of the future. CDI Spaces provided the learning environments to achieve these goals.”

Jeff Horvath, Principal, TsuuT’ina School

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Vision Credit Union – Camrose West End Branch

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Vision Credit Union was looking for a vendor they could trust to look after them well and provide an updated furniture solution for their branches. CDI Spaces was uniquely positioned with the resources to service all their area with forward-thinking, innovative processes and customer-friendly furniture ideas that fit their space, look, budget and timeline. They needed the furniture set up to be welcoming to customers while providing a functional work area for staff. We used the Allsteel Approach solution which achieved the overall look and configuration. This product also featured a wall access panel for wire management, which meant keeping computer cords hidden for a clean, professional and uncluttered look that customers expect in their branch. 

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Canadian Cancer Care Clinic

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For our work with the Canadian Cancer Care Clinic YEG, the scope included a full furniture outfit for the entire building; including the waiting area, office and boardroom. Our main goal was to provide flexibility in areas where clients would congregate. By providing height-adjustable desks and seating, both clients and staff were able to adjust seating and desk heights, with an option to stand if desired. Key pieces in the project include SPEC Cooper Midland Seating and Tables, Artopex desks with the Ignition 2.0 Task and Guest Chairs, and the Hon Ignition Guest Chair with an upholstered back and seat to provide optimal comfort. We wanted to create a focus on healthcare quality seating, that maintained both comfort and professionalism. All fabrics and finishes chosen were healthcare grade to ensure the products stood the test of time. 

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Fire and Flower

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For Fire & Flower’s downtown Edmonton office, we worked with more fun and modern concept at the client’s request. The scope included offices, board and meeting rooms, as well as the cafeteria area. The project was based around an open-plan work style, using agile workspaces, with height-adjustable desks and seating. To support the culture of freedom and task fluidity, we used workstations with mobile caddies for storage, and a bold seat cushion to encourage stop-by conversations. For the offices, we provided L-Shaped height adjustable desks with additional box/box/file pedestals and a combination wardrobe for storage. Offices were configured with two Ignition Guest Chairs and an Ignition 2.0 Task Chair in the same bold orange accent. The communal café space was outfitted with SPEC Endzone tables, allowing the option for a white base and top, and a pop of orange on the inside. These were paired with Luna barstools in a soft grey with felt seats. Both boardrooms and meeting rooms were furnished with Modulus Tables integrated with power and data modules. We paired these with Ignition 2.0 task chairs to tie in the matching orange accent. 

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Kids U

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Calgary-based Kids U offers early learning, preschool and daycare services across six locations with a focus on student-centered, inquiry-based learning environments that cultivate enthusiastic and globally-minded individuals.

With a goal of shaping a child’s brain architecture through their unique left brain, right brain and movement curricula, Kids U use toned down colors such as soft pastels in their learning environments rather than the bright colors (blues/yellows/reds) that are typically seen throughout many other daycare centers.

Kids U didn’t want the focus to be on the furniture, but rather the student’s activities and artwork etc. They were seeking simple and practical furniture solutions with muted colors. They had previously used custom-designed furniture from Europe, but were looking for a more local solution.

CDI Spaces provided the well-crafted Jonticraft products, Virco tables in different shapes and styles (nest/slide/leaf) and chairs and some Mitybilt tables with folding legs.

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Edwin Parr

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The Edwin Parr Composite High School is a newly constructed school located in Athabasca that was built to replace their original school first built in 1948 that had become worn and broken due to heavy use over the years. Designed from the ground up to be a state of the art school, the interior incorporates many of the ideal 21st-century learning concepts, including a bright and welcoming learning commons and flexible classroom areas that include transparent sliding walls that open and close to support student-centered learning in both large gatherings and smaller focused groups. CDI Spaces worked closely with the faculty staff as the school was being built to understand their unique needs with an emphasis on delivering Student Centered Classrooms where children can stand, sit, rock and wobble and use healthy movement throughout their day to improve focus and concentration. To truly support the flexible learning solution the school was seeking we supplied furniture by Virco, Artopex, Ofgo, Mitybuilt in Edwin Parr’s school colours to ensure all pieces could be used anywhere in the school without them standing out. 

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Corpus Christi

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The newly constructed Corpus Christi Elementary and Junior High School located in the Southwest area of Edmonton focuses on providing a quality Catholic education that encourages collaboration, risk-taking, open-mindedness, creativity, and communication. The school also celebrates diversity and promotes opportunities for students to be good global citizens.

CDI Spaces worked closely with the school to understand the unique needs of both the faculty and the staff with an emphasis on delivering Balanced Learning Classrooms where children can stand, sit, rock and wobble and use healthy movement throughout their day to improve focus and concentration.

The engaging classrooms installations include flexible furniture solutions that allows for the educational spaces to be reconfigurable and encourages student collaboration.

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École Champs

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The impressive École Champs Vallée School in Beaumont, Alberta is a newly constructed French immersion school where students and staff work together as a whole, welcoming people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures.

One of the school’s core values is the belief that all students are capable of learning, and it is the responsibility of the faculty to find the most effective way to teach each student. This forward-thinking value ties in nicely with CDI Spaces student-centered approach that empowers students by recognizing their individual learning style and creating a learning environment that supports it.

One of the main highlights of this project was the custom canoe furniture piece we created using the innovative FEEK product line to highlight the Voyageur Values École Champs is so proud of.

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NAIT Administration Building

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For their new administration building in Edmonton, NAIT, were seeking a modern, bright and efficient workplace that reflected the cutting edge work the technology-based polytechnic does day in and day out.

The client wished to re-use existing furniture and incorporate it into a new layout. The project also needed to get started within a flexible framework to accommodate scope changes as user needs were confirmed or adapted.

The CDI Spaces team conducted a thorough site analysis of the existing furniture and provided a flexible fee structure for furniture inventory, design, moves, and reconfiguration that let the client approve the project and manage scope changes as the project progressed.

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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St Thomas Aquinas Catholic is a newly constructed Catholic Elementary and Junior school located in South Edmonton. CDI Spaces planned, delivered and installed student-centered classrooms, common spaces and learning commons throughout the school with an emphasis on active learning environments where students can stand, sit, rock and wobble in order to improve focus and retain information.

We also made maximum use of the available space by creating a welcoming, dynamic in-between spaces where students can collaborate and work in groups before, during and after class.

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Platinum North America

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Platinum North America was looking for a furniture vendor that had the expertise and experience for all their furniture requirements as they moved into their brand new facility and deliver on time and within budget.

The 2000 Sq. Ft project included a series of open plan workstations, a large conference room with comprehensive audio/visual capability, and several private office spaces that were built-in the space.

The Platinum North America team now has a professional workspace that reflects their brand, culture, and who they are as a company. The open workstations accommodate all the various tasks the employees perform throughout the day and the private office spaces allow for more quite and focused work when needed.

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Keyera

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Since launching in 1998, Keyera has grown to become one of the largest midstream oil and gas operators in Canada. For the development of their new Edmonton location, CDI Spaces worked closely with the management team to design and specify furniture solutions for many key areas including the large conference room, control room, employee cafeteria and in-between spaces.

The conference room was a standout, featuring a large, elegant table in a rich, dark wood finish that has multi-outlet modules built-in for easy access for power and cable management. We also ensured there would be ample seating so their employees could focus on their work, not their surroundings.

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Suzuki Charter School

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The Suzuki Charter School is a K-6 Public School located in the heart of Edmonton that is focused on academics, personal and musical excellence.  It is a 30-year-old school that was requiring an update to reflect their innovative way of teaching talented young musicians.

The colorful, engaging learning commons features a series of soft seating areas that can be nested together in many pattern types for student collaboration, or be separated to encourage more focused study and work.

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Eagle Builders

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Eagle Builders are a leading manufacturer of commercial, industrial, agricultural and infrastructure precast concrete products.

They were looking for a partner on their new head office project that had the experience and expertise in office furniture and could accurately plan and supply furniture solutions for the different spaces they had.

CDI was able to rapidly respond to the design requests and curate a custom package of furniture that reflected their culture, matched the needs of their employees and would complement the contemporary design of their flagship building.

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Naitrium

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CDI Spaces partnered with NAIT in Edmonton to update some of their older spaces including the NAITrium, a comfortable gathering place where students can sprawl, sit, communicate and collaborate.

The lounge includes the hard-wearing FEEK foam coated furniture line that can be rearranged to suit the changing needs of the students throughout their day as they comfortably study, hold club meetings, socialize, enjoy a meal and relax between classes.

As with all our projects, we worked closely with NAIT to learn about their goals for the NAITrium and then share our insights and expertise before delivering a solution that fits their unique needs.

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Huntsville School

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Collaborations between CDI Spaces and Huntsville School was the key to success for this brand-new school project. The intention of this project was to create flexible seating options throughout the school, enhance students’ learning environments and create multi-purpose spaces.

Student-Centered Classroom

Having understood Huntsville’s vision of creating flexible and balanced space for students, CDI Spaces’ student-centered classroom is applied. This classroom philosophy allows students to choose the learning environment that suits them, while encouraging teachers to use creative teaching methods and have frequent interactions with students.

For the classroom, CDI Spaces used Virco ZHEXM Student Desks because of its flexibility function – everything can be reconfigurable within minutes. Virco Stand-up Tables were also used as they allow for students to stand when struggling to focus.

Branded School Furniture

One of the unique elements for the Huntsville School project was branded furniture. Tabletops around the school were delivered with the logo of the Huntsville Howlers on them, creating a sense of pride and ownership for the staff and students in the space.

Welcome and Engaging Environment

Huntsville’s vision was to create a flexible space for students outside the class where they can hang out, relax, or do some homework. OFGO seating was a perfect option for this vision, promoting environments for self-expression and collaboration.

“It was a pleasure working with CDI to purchase furniture for our new school. The customer service was outstanding throughout the process, which included staff presentations, multiple product and design meetings, and a genuine interest in identifying the most suitable products for our spaces. Multiple school stakeholders have shared positive comments about the products in our common spaces and classrooms. The flexible seating options throughout the school enhance our learning environments and multi-purpose spaces. I would highly recommend working with CDI for any school furniture purchases. While I appreciate the work and support from all of their staff, Craig’s ongoing service was remarkable.”

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Procura

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As one of Alberta’s leading real estate developers, Procura wanted to create a stunning show suite to show off their own building while providing a productive space for their team.

Utilizing CDI Spaces innovative modular furniture system allowed us to deliver a tailored workstation design within the tight footprint and incorporate different finishes to enhance the aesthetic.

The furniture in Procura’s office maximizes their space and balances visual/acoustic privacy while allowing the team to collaborate open and freely for greater productivity.

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