WORKPLACE
Talent now has a choice: the office, or this.
The Problem
"In the near future, the real cost of a conventional workplace is paid in the people who leave and the people who never say yes."
How does one calculate what one lost engineer actually costs in recruiting fees, onboarding time, productivity gap and institutional knowledge gone?
How real employees responded to the solution:
"The acoustics were so nice and it's so open. I grabbed a colleague and spent a Saturday afternoon there — playing violin while looking out over the bay."
Genentech Employee
Attraction and retention:
When employees think their weekend getaway spot is back on campus.
Imagine your most coveted hire being interviewed in here:
Seats up to 4 inside , TV retracts below table.
For a candidate on the fence — this could make them jump to your side.
If you're wondering how people really responded to the prototype,
here is what we observed:
The prototype drove 85% to say they'd use it again on the private survey. What we didn't expect was the public way they showed us on this white-board:
The prototype hosting it’s first workplace event.
Merged interior table and outer bar brought together an unlikely combination of social-energy.
"If there was one I could work in all day… (long pause) I'd never come out."
Genentech Employee
What about when you need focus or privacy?
Windows fully open or close, Blinds deploy, Electrochromic Film options
What about different layout configurations?
see capabilities page for options
What else is out there?
Option A — Conventional construction
Conventional construction wasn't designed to make it easier for people to do their best work in nature. It doesn't merge visitors with occupants face to face for serendipitous connection. Once built it can't be moved, adjusted, or scaled. It’s discrete nature makes it easy to sensor/measure if it's working or change course if it isn't.
Option B —Temp job trailers.
The certified alternatives are job trailers. Functional. Cheap. And exactly what would send your best candidates to your competitor.
Option C — The Halo.
The only purpose-built, designed to commercial certification standards, nature-integrated workspace. It’s discrete nature makes it easy to sensor/measure if it's working or change course if it isn't. Full first-year equipment expensing reduces the real cost significantly. A modest solar package after California incentives makes it self-powered for surprisingly little. No electrical hookup. No infrastructure coordination. It goes where the conditions are right, not where the conduit runs. The commercial solar incentive — 30% back — is available through mid-2026.
Plan for 4–5 months from order to occupancy. Build time is the primary variable
If your company retains one engineer, that could pay for the whole unit. One recruiting conversation like the one above pays for it twice.
Accessiblility: The interior meets accessibility standards. Site access is handled per campus conditions — facilities teams can source and install independently, or choose from ourcustom-designed ramp options for higher visibility deployments.
Add The Halo to your campus
For focused work, informal connection, recovery, and meetings that don’t sever people from the day.