Montreal-based interior design firm Imperatori Design has completed the BDC Conference Centre — a large-scale, flexible environment within BDC's offices. This project is intended to address the critical need for dynamic gathering spaces following the gradual return of employees to the workplace.
Imperatori Design transforms BDC's corporate identity through a more vibrant and experiential lens, anchored by a striking central hub that features lounge areas, a coffee counter, and collaboration booths. All interiors are finished with warm tones, rich material contrasts, and greenery. Surrounding this hub are adaptable boardrooms equipped with movable walls, modular furniture, advanced video conferencing technology, and high-performance acoustics. A contrasting signature maple-clad volume houses permanent meeting rooms, each with its own identity. The BDC Conference Centre also incorporates informal breakout areas and a dynamic entrance tunnel defined by colored fluted glass and a bronze reflective ceiling.
Image Credit: Stéphane Brügger
What's Driving This Trend
- Flexible Workplace Hubs
- Hybrid work patterns are elevating central office zones that blend hospitality, collaboration, and meeting functions into adaptable environments with stronger employee experience value.
- Modular Meeting Spaces
- Movable walls, reconfigurable furniture, and acoustic systems create new potential for offices to shift between boardroom, workshop, and event formats without major renovation.
- Experiential Corporate Interiors
- Vibrant materials, greenery, and branded architectural features are turning functional workplaces into immersive destinations that support culture, identity, and in-person engagement.
Who This Affects Most
- Commercial Interior Design
- Demand for dynamic post-pandemic workplaces is expanding opportunities for design firms that specialize in flexible layouts, sensory materials, and multi-use corporate gathering spaces.
- Office Furniture
- Modular seating, mobile tables, and collaboration booths are gaining relevance as companies prioritize spaces that can quickly adapt to changing team sizes and work formats.
- Video Conferencing Technology
- Integrated hybrid meeting systems are becoming essential infrastructure in adaptable conference centres where remote participation, acoustic quality, and spatial flexibility intersect.
