An Indoor Seating Area with a Red Umbrella
Our shared lounge brings a little patio character into the workday, with white lounge chairs beneath a red umbrella, a grass-textured rug and plants around the seating area. It’s a place to pause between tasks, have an informal conversation or take a seat away from your workstation. With desks and work surfaces nearby, you can move between focused work and a break without leaving our coworking space.
For freelancers, independent professionals and occasional visitors, our hot desks and day passes give you flexible ways to work here in Griffintown, beside the Lachine Canal. A hot-desk membership lets you choose an available workstation or lounge seat each visit, with high-speed Wi-Fi, kitchen access and refreshments included. If you only need a workspace for the day, our day pass includes access to the open-concept workspace, gigabit internet and artisanal coffee. You get somewhere to work, plus shared space to settle into between tasks.
About this photo
The foreground: plants, pale flooring and a green rug
This photograph introduces an indoor seating area at 2727 Coworking through a combination of familiar outdoor objects and office surroundings. A red patio umbrella stretches above white lounge chairs, while a rectangular green rug defines the seating space. Pale wood-toned flooring surrounds the rug and continues toward the work surfaces in the background. For someone considering a visit, the image gives a useful view of how this part of the interior is arranged.
At the lower left, a tall ornamental plant stands in a dark, faceted planter. Its narrow leaves spread upward and outward, partly overlapping the view of the rug. The planter’s angular sides contrast with the fine stems above it and the smooth flooring below. It sits near the edge of the seating area, where the green rug meets the surrounding floor.
The rug has a grass-like texture, giving the lounge an indoor patio character. Its edges are clearly visible, making it easy to follow the boundary between the chairs and the broader floor area. The nearest corner points toward the camera, while the far edge runs beneath the seating and toward the white partitions behind it.
The pale floor occupies much of the foreground on the right. Its wood-grain pattern adds a softer visual surface alongside the dark planter, black structural column and white furnishings.
The middle ground: white lounge chairs beneath a red umbrella
Moving into the middle of the photograph, the white lounge chairs become the main seating feature. They have low seats, sloping backs and broad, curved sides. Their molded shapes are simple and rounded, with the nearest chair turned diagonally across the rug. Another chair sits farther back toward the glass-enclosed area on the left.
The chairs are positioned around the umbrella pole, leaving visible space between them. Their arrangement suggests a place for a brief conversation, a pause between tasks or a moment to sit away from a desk. The low seating also gives this area a different character from the tall stools and narrow work surfaces elsewhere in the frame.
Above the chairs, the open red umbrella forms a strong diagonal across the image. Its canopy extends from the upper left toward the central column, with black ribs and supporting arms visible underneath. The red fabric is the brightest colour in the room and draws attention to the seating area before the eye moves toward the surrounding workspaces.
A slim dark pole supports the canopy and ends in a round base on the rug. Together, the umbrella, grass-like surface and white chairs create a recognisable patio arrangement inside the building. Plants reinforce that connection, while the ceiling, partitions and glass walls place it clearly within the coworking interior.
From left to right: glass walls, partitions and work surfaces
On the left side of the photograph, glass walls with dark frames enclose an adjoining area. Through the glazing, a tall table and dark stools are visible near exterior windows. The windows bring a view of greenery into this part of the interior. The transparent walls also allow the photograph to show several layers of space at once, from the foreground lounge to the furniture farther behind it.
A colourful geometric wall decoration adds another small point of interest along the left wall. Near the middle of the frame, a glass doorway continues the same dark framing. These straight lines contrast with the curved lounge chairs and the angled umbrella canopy.
Behind the seating, white partitions divide the floor into distinct areas. Narrow black display shelves mounted on their faces hold books and printed materials, with small plants placed among them. Additional planters sit along the tops of the partitions. The shelves give the otherwise plain white surfaces some detail without taking up floor space.
A broad black column rises near the centre of the room. To its right, a long, narrow wood-toned work surface runs along the rear wall on dark legs. Dark carpeting beneath this surface marks another change in flooring. Farther right, a white partition fills the edge of the photograph, carrying another black shelf with reading material and a small plant.
This left-to-right view helps a prospective visitor understand the relationship between the lounge, the glass-enclosed area and the nearby work surfaces.
Materials, light and the way the layout fits together
The interior uses a restrained mix of white, black, pale wood tones and green, with the red umbrella providing a vivid accent. White walls, partitions and chairs establish a consistent background. Dark window frames, shelves, table legs and the central column give those pale surfaces clear outlines. The plants and textured rug introduce softer forms between the more regular architectural elements.
Overhead, a grid of light-coloured ceiling panels spans the room. Rectangular light panels are distributed across it, and a dark recessed strip with spotlights runs along the upper left edge of the photograph. Window light enters from the glazed area on the left. These visible light sources help explain the bright appearance of the white chairs, partitions and floor.
The layout can be read through changes in material as well as furniture. The green rug identifies the lounge, pale flooring connects the surrounding areas, and dark carpeting defines the section beneath the rear work surface. The white partitions add further boundaries while leaving much of the room visible above them.
For a visitor comparing workspace options, this photograph is especially useful for understanding the interior around the desks. The low chairs offer a setting suited to a short seated conversation or a break. Nearby tables and work surfaces give the image its connection to the working environment. The photograph shows how these different furniture arrangements sit alongside one another within the same interior.
A coworking interior in Griffintown, beside the Lachine Canal
This seating area is part of 2727 Coworking at 2727 rue Saint-Patrick in Montreal, Quebec. The address is in Griffintown, beside the Lachine Canal. That location provides the neighbourhood context for the interior shown here and gives prospective visitors a concrete destination when planning a visit.
2727 Coworking occupies Walter sur Atwater, a modern building built in 2014. The photograph presents an interior with glass partitions, pale flooring, white dividing walls and a panelled ceiling. These elements frame the more playful patio-style seating arrangement at the centre of the image.
The coworking offers private offices, dedicated desks, hot desks and day passes, alongside a bookable conference room and virtual mailbox or business address services. For someone considering those options, this gallery view adds a sense of the surrounding interior: the seating, plants, display shelves and transitions between different areas.
The red umbrella makes this particular photograph easy to recognise within the gallery. Its combination with the white lounge chairs and green rug gives a clear visual reference for a future visit. Along with the Griffintown address and canal-side setting, the image helps connect the practical workspace options to a specific place.
Frequently asked questions
What is the seating area shown in this photograph?
The photograph shows white lounge chairs arranged on a green, grass-like rug beneath an open red patio umbrella. Plants, white partitions and nearby work surfaces surround the seating.
What furniture is visible beyond the lounge chairs?
A tall table and dark stools are visible through the glass walls on the left. A narrow wood-toned work surface runs along the rear wall, and black shelves on the white partitions hold books, printed materials and small plants.
Where is 2727 Coworking located?
2727 Coworking is at 2727 rue Saint-Patrick, Montreal, Quebec, in Griffintown beside the Lachine Canal. It is located in Walter sur Atwater, a modern building built in 2014.
What workspace options can I book at 2727 Coworking?
2727 Coworking offers private offices, dedicated desks, hot desks, day passes and a bookable conference room. Virtual mailbox and business address services are also available.