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Flexible workspace

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about flexible workspace

Project • By The Room Architecture and DesignOffices

Commune Work & Live

Commune Work & Live occupies a dual-programme brief within Rose Apple Square, Siem Reap. Designed in partnership with Urban Living Solutions, the project brings together a co-working facility and a co-living component within approximately 2,000 square meters and a single address. Both programmes are guided by the same principles: collaboration, focus, connection, and contemplation.  Robert Kleiner Commune Work is organised to support a range of working modes across one building. The layout moves from informal lounge seating and open-plan areas at entry level through semi-enclosed zones for concentrated work and upward to dedicated spaces for events, lectures, and performance. A commissioned mural anchors the central atrium st... More

Project • By MENDONÇA CARRÃO - ATELIEROffices

Sumol Compal Headquarters

The historic headquarters of Sumol Compal in Lisbon—Portugal’s leading non-alcoholic beverage corporation and official regional producer for global brands like Pepsi, Lipton, 7UP, Guaraná Antarctica, and Gatorade—underwent a deep modernization and corporate retrofit designed by MC-A. André Castro Leitão André Castro Leitão André Castro Leitão André Castro Leitão André Castro Leitão With industrial origins dating back to 1971, when it operated as a bottling plant, the project transformed its 3,100 m² space into a smart, dynamic work ecosystem centered on human well-being. André Castro Leitão Andr... More

Project • By GK-Atelier Grzegorz KłodaSecondary Schools

Teachers’ Lounge “Samochodówka Wejherowo”

The Teachers’ Lounge project at Powiatowy Zespół Szkół nr 4 in Wejherowo is an attempt to redefine this type of space within the structure of a school. Instead of a traditional administrative backroom, the result is an environment that supports work, relaxation, integration, and relationship building. The inspiration came from contemporary workplaces, hotel lobbies, and cafés. These are places where users can move naturally between focused work, meetings, and regeneration. The goal was to create an interior that allows teachers to temporarily step away from the rhythm of everyday school life and experience a higher level of comfort and wellbeing. Wojciech Januszewski Tutek Media Wojciech Januszewski Tutek... More

Project • By The Room Architecture and DesignOffices

Urban Living Solutions Headquarters

Urban Living Solutions required a headquarters that could reflect its working culture, support a team's daily rhythm, and adapt as the business evolved. The 275 square meter workplace, located within Rose Apple Square in central Siem Reap, answers that brief with a straightforward material language, a modular design logic, and a spatial layout that balances focus with collaboration. Rose Apple Square is a mixed-use destination combining residences, retail, co-working, and cultural facilities. Positioning the headquarters within this environment places the office at the intersection of community and commerce in a city that is rapidly developing its commercial real estate sector.  Robert Kleiner A plan built around flow T... More

Project • By Cimaise ArchitectureOffices

Pilot Transformation of a Collaborative Workplace

In downtown Montreal, a major office fit-out transforms several existing floors into a collaborative, hybrid work environment. Spread across three levels, the project rethinks areas previously organized as rows of enclosed offices and cubicles, adapting them to new ways of working that combine in-person and remote collaboration. Thomas Miau Thomas Miau The floors are largely opened up to create generous, light-filled spaces with views toward the downtown skyline, Old Montreal, the port and the river. A sequence of meeting rooms, flexible collaboration spaces, individual enclaves, focus areas and informal living zones with kitchenettes is woven between these open work areas, offering a calm but clearly legible gradient of uses. C... More

Project • By Studio BananaOffices

kHaus

Creating a hub for social and cultural enterprises through an innovative circular design approach. The Kaserne area –a former military barracks complex in central Basel– has undergone several transformations over the years, the most recent one has seen the prominent building become a leading hub of social and cultural enterprises in Switzerland. The main building of the Kaserne was renovated by Focketyn del Rio, opening it up towards the city and the river Rhine. Fluxdock, in partnership with Studio Banana, won a public tender organised by the City of Basel to become the operator of the space now called kHaus, including event and co-working facilities. The high visibility of the project and its greater good civic purpose was a... More

Project • By DRRP SpacesOffices

Buenaventura Offices

We had been working with Buenaventura mining company since 2021, which had generated trust and allowed a smooth collaboration in their transition towards new ways of working, valuing their activities and optimizing spaces. This allowed them to move to a hybrid format, reducing their offices from five to two floors in Torre Begonias. This was accomplished by applying our prior knowledge on Buenaventura and the benchmark from our database. DRRP Spaces DRRP Spaces DRRP Spaces We focused on reusing most of the elements and prioritizing the colors of their raw material, the earth, instead of just their corporate colors. The project, divided into Analytics, design development, dismantling and implementation, required meeting the n... More

Project • By TAKA + PARTNERSOffices

THE SPACE WITHIN

The aim of the design was the aesthetic and the functional upgrade of an area of 400 sq.m, part of the facilities of the company Iliadis Alexandros S.A., in 7th KM Thessalonikis - Lagada National Road, Greece.  The company operates in the field of import, export and wholesale of gift, seasonal and decorative items. Kim Powell Photography The company is accommodated in an industrial building of 12.000 sq.m with showroom, cash & carry and central warehouses. The intervention area includes the entrance area, the cash zone as well as the office spaces. The concept of the design was based on the idea of "box in a box" design: multicolored volumes are integrated in the existing building shell in order to accommodate the various fun... More

Project • By LOM architecture and designOffices

250 Bishopsgate

LOM architecture and design have worked with NatWest Group to transform a 20-year-old desk-centric building into an engaging and social head office. 250 Bishopsgate, an 11-storey glass and steel building at the edge of the City of London, was chosen as the bank’s future head office when NatWest streamlined their London office portfolio from 6 major buildings to 2. After a multi-year refurbishment programme, the building now works harder, is more sustainable, and healthier. © Nicholas Worley LOM’s transformation was carried out over multiple phases before and during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the building remaining operational throughout.  © Nicholas Worley The major retrofit project set out to radical... More

Project • By TP BennettOffices

Tetra Pak Tokyo

The scheme offers a future-focused workplace for Tetra Pak’s 150+-strong team in Tokyo, providing a new way of working that responds to research and feedback from nearly 19,000 employees across the global business. As the brand’s dedicated workplace collaborator, tp bennett is working on a series of other workplaces for Tetra Pak in the UK and internationally, including in Dublin, Lund, Modena, and Singapore.  Alfie Goodrich Located in downtown Tokyo in the Motoakasaka district, the 14,000 sqft office is the first in Asia to fully deploy Tetra Pak’s global “Future Work Experience” from concept to completion, with tp bennett delivering the workplace in response to four key areas: flexible working arra... More

NewsNews • 29 Jan 2023

Foster + Partners complete flexible urban workspace ICÔNE for a post-covid world

In Belval, Luxembourg, Foster + Partners has completed the new office complex ICÔNE. The project's design process began in 2016, well before the pandemic. However, during the building's evolution, the pandemic highlighted the need for a more flexible urban workspace, which the ultimate design strives explicitly to provide. Additionally, the project is part of a significant revitalization of the site and surroundings, which form part of Belval's rich industrial heritage.  Nigel Young / Foster + Partners Designed in collaboration with local practice BFF architectes, the 18,000 square meter office complex comprises two wings surrounding a central atrium. The atrium is the heart of the project, open and bright with plentifu... More

Project • By grado designOffices

Mitiga

Trusted advisors to classified security projects from military to the Fortune 500, Mitiga brings together experience from the world's top cybersecurity consultancies, military leadership, and software engineering. Dude moskovitz Dude moskovitz Dude moskovitz Dude moskovitz More

Project • By STOALOffices

Multi-purpose Rooms

In addition to offices and workspaces, a large office building also needs some recreational/multifunctional spaces. These can be used as refectories, event spaces, display areas, etc. Philip Braem To keep this client's multifuncional spaces as flexible as possible, Skivn (S, M and L) was used in one space and Linear (1 and 2) in the other. These lighting fixtures are perfect for all possible uses of the space. Philip Braem Both spaces were fitted with a bar/kitchen by the client. To accentuate these and give them a luxurious look, we chose to work with the Stoal PET baffles. The PET baffles were placed side by side with large gaps between them to maintain the open feel of the space. Philip Braem More

NewsNews • 21 Sep 2022

Office Link in Istanbul offers a new type of flexible workspace for a post-pandemic world

Office Link, a new co-working space inside the Piazza Shopping Center in Istanbul was designed by KONTRA Architecture to respond to post-pandemic demand for spaces that offer flexible workspaces, have access to open areas and the outdoors, and provide a range of amenities and options to appeal to a broad range of users.   Ibrahim OZBUNAR & Aykut LOR Located in the lively Maltepe district, the space caters to young professionals looking for workspace that is both stylish and functional.  Visually arresting shades of bright terracotta and peach contrast against more subdued shades of sage, mint, and seafoam, lending the space a funky, energetic feel that is thoroughly contemporary while offering a sense of connection t... More

Project • By Steven Leach GroupOffices

Knorr-Bremse

Our client, Knorr-Bremse, is a world leading supplier of brake systems and other safety-critical components for rail and commercial vehicles from Germany.  The company decided to move to a new office and create a fundamentally different office environment, which caters for the requirements of hybrid working and high flexibility while at the same time providing a very attractive workplace for its staff in order to motivate employees to come back to the office after a long period of COVID restrictions. When developing the new design with SLA, Knorr Bremse’s Management Team had a very clear idea for us to create a clean cut, sleek, yet warm and welcoming environment. Nathan Tsang & Christy Leung The new office design conce... More