JPMORGAN CHASE HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK

For the global headquarters of JPMorgan Chase at 270 Park Avenue in New York, designed by Foster + Partners, UniFor contributes to a highly complex architectural vision. Conceived as a “city within the city,” the tower integrates sustainability, flexibility, and wellbeing within a large-scale corporate environment, making this a project requiring advanced bespoke systems and precise technical coordination.

Within this framework, UniFor’s contribution focuses on the development of highly customized systems for the trading floors, where technological integration and operational efficiency are critical. The project translates complex functional requirements into a coherent system of workstations and partitions conceived for advanced ergonomics, systems integration, and durability.

The workstations are bespoke units combining wood-finished surfaces with integrated divider panels, introducing a material warmth within a highly technical environment. Electrically height-adjustable desks support user wellbeing, while a central structural element organizes cabling and mechanisms, ensuring clarity and precision across large-scale installations.

UniFor’s industrial approach allows for the replication of these systems across multiple floors, maintaining consistency while accommodating variation in layout and use. This allows for a unified workplace.

In parallel, a series of private offices is developed through tailored solutions defined by veneered oak elements. Wall panels, storage units, and adjustable desks are part of a continuous architectural system combining technical integration, and material coherence.

Alongside UniFor’s bespoke intervention, Molteni&C contributes a curated selection of furnishings that define the representational and hospitality areas. In executive floors and client-dedicated environments, the D.154.5 and D.154.2 armchairs by Gio Ponti are paired with Elain armchairs, Augusto and Octave sofas by Vincent Van Duysen, composing a refined and balanced interior landscape.

Armchairs and modular seating systems are combined with occasional tables in refined finishes, creating environments suited to both formal meetings and informal interaction. Larger elements, including meeting tables and storage systems, operate as architectural components, structuring space while reinforcing a sense of material depth and visual balance.

Occasional tables include Aster, Louisa, and Hugo by Vincent Van Duysen, as well as Panna Cotta by Ron Gilad introduce a warm presence, while the D.859.1 table by Gio Ponti becomes a focal element within meeting rooms through its scale and formal clarity.

The 505 UP system by Nicola Gallizia, in coffee-stained oak, operates as an architectural element within the interiors, structuring space and organizing functions with depth and continuity. A more informal area on level 17, furnished with Octave sofas, Elain armchairs, and a Fonte table by Vincent Van Duysen, extends this language within a relaxed setting.

Across all levels, the integration of bespoke systems and curated furnishings establishes a dialogue between technical precision and comfort. UniFor and Molteni&C’s contributions translate the building’s guiding principles into a cohesive spatial experience across architecture, furnishings, and seamless usability.