Pergola

Scalable freestanding architecture.

Haworth Pergola in the HQ lobby

Key Features

  • A highly customized, freestanding architectural solution

  • Beams available in straights or curves

  • Rooms can be ganged together

  • Range of single room sizes from 4x4 to 12x12

  • Wide variety of tile materials, inserts, power, lighting, and accessories

  • Versatile platform that can bring value to a wide variety of building types and industries

Inspiration

Through a spectrum of materials and component types, Pergola offers a broad range of space and room
solutions that are scalable in performance and application.

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Café-style workspace with round tables, lounge seating, sheer dividers, and a refreshment counter by large windows.
Curved meeting pavilion with slatted privacy screens, a round table, and chairs in an open office.
Circular meeting pavilion with slatted wood privacy screens, conference seating, and an adjacent glass-walled meeting room.
Open meeting area with a high table, stools, plants, and a curved pavilion featuring slatted wood privacy screens.
Lounge meeting pod with sheer privacy curtains, lounge chairs, a café table, and soft ambient lighting.
Collaborative meeting booth with bench seating, pendant lights, privacy panels, and integrated display screens.
Glass-walled collaboration space with whiteboards, lounge seating, a high table, and a wall-mounted display screen.
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Pergola Design Story

Our international team of designers collaborates with research and development partners to create multi-generational products and global platforms—with regional needs and preferences in mind.

Haworth Design Studio

Haworth Design Studio partnered with Patricia Urquiola, an award-winning designer and architect with a studio in Milan, to bring Pergola to market.

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Haworth Design Studio

With scalability top of mind, the Haworth Design Studio leveraged years of architectural expertise with resources from around the world to identify, design, and develop Pergola.

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Nathan Shedd
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Steffen Lipsky
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Martin Fitchett
Customer Stories

Explore customer stories to view Pergola in various applications.

Components

Check out the link below to learn about Pergola product details and capabilities.

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Space Frame

Pergola is Post + Beam construction that provides a starting point for creating freestanding architectural
spaces.

Rectangular metal table base frame with four legs, shown as an isolated product rendering on a white background.

Square and Rectangle Space

Start with an individual rectilinear workspace and build up from there. Frame sizes accommodate individual privacy spaces as small as 4' x 4' or collaborative areas up to 12' x 12’.

Modular table frame with a rectangular center section and curved extension, shown as an exploded product rendering.

Half-Round Additions

Adding rounds can help designers create spaces that are informal and visually engaging. Half-Round Radial Kits available in 12' widths.

Modular table frame with a rectangular extension section, shown as an exploded assembly rendering.

Space Connections

Architectural in scale and durability with a 8' frame height that is prepped for tiles and inserts and 2' module and unlimited connections.

Round metal table base frame with four legs and cross supports, shown as an isolated product rendering.

Full-Round Spaces

Full-Round spaces offer designers an option to enhance the environment with something unique and unexpected. Available in 12' widths.

Tile and Inserts

Pergola offers tile and insert solutions in a variety of applications. From materials to modularity and size options,
Pergola offers the customization desired in today’s spaces.

Material and screening options for a curved meeting pavilion, including fabric, glass, sheer, slatted, and solid panels.

Accessories

Pergola can be further enhanced with the addition of accessories to support a wide array of environments.

Accessory options for a meeting pavilion, including shelves, marker trays, work surfaces, and a pull-down privacy screen.

Transaction Shelf (half), Transaction Shelf (Full), Marker Tray, Shelf, Fixed Canatilevel Table, and Coat Hook.

Ceiling Components

Designed as an open grid, the ceiling slats provide additional enclosure and sense of privacy to a Pergola space.

Exploded view of a pavilion roof structure showing slatted ceiling panels above a framed enclosure.

Ceiling Slat Orientation

Ceiling slats may be oriented in either direction depending on visual preference.

Close-up of a slatted pavilion ceiling structure with integrated lighting and a pendant fixture mount.

Light Trough

May be used with or without ceiling slats.

Electrical & Data

Add electrical and data to further enable the space within Pergola. Electrical and data can be factory- or field-
wired.

Technology integration options for a meeting pavilion, including power, data ports, cable routing, and display mounts.

Performance

Essental Info

Structural

Seismic floor anchors and reinforcement brackets available to further stabilize the product in high seismic zones. 

Acoustics

Pergola is designed to be a visually private space, not an acoustically private solution. Consider adding PET or other absorbative products, like rugs, to Pergola to enhance the acoustic properties.

Surface Burning Classification

ASTM E84 - Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, Current Edition.

Electrical & Classifications

  1. CSA C22.2 No. 203 – Modular Wiring Systems for Office Furniture, Current Edition.

  2. UL 1286 – Standard for Safety of Office Furnishings, Current Edition.

Indoor Air Quality

GREENGUARD Certified
BIFMA Level 3 Certified

Sustainability

GREENGUARD Certified
BIFMA Level 3 Certified

Check out our Ecomedes page to learn more about our sustainability certifications.

Surface Materials

With the frame constructed from aluminum, Pergola offers a wide array of tile and insert finish options to create
a space that suites each customer’s needs.

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