Work and social spaces at Google Bay View campus

Year: 2021
City: Mountain View, United States
Client: Google
Landscape architect: BIG
Application: Corporate

The Google Bay View campus in Mountain View was developed as a workplace that integrates buildings and landscape. The campus includes office buildings, event spaces, and extensive open areas that connect to the surrounding natural environment and extend its use beyond the workplace.

Designed by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group in collaboration with Heatherwick Studio, the project follows a user-centered approach. The layout combines focused work areas with spaces for informal exchange, creating a spatial framework that supports collaboration and day-to-day interaction. Courtyards, pathways, and shared environments play a key role in this structure.The campus is closely linked to its landscape setting. Natural areas, restored habitats, and a network of paths and outdoor spaces connect the buildings and create a continuous environment for movement, staying, and social interaction.Vestre’s furniture — including the BLOC, STOOP, and MOVE collections — supports this structure in the outdoor areas by defining places to stay and meet. It enables informal use and complements the outdoor spaces as an integral part of the working environment.