Broadspectrum

Project details

The brief was to create a corporate office for Auckland that would set a new precedent for future offices to come. The space needed to be functional, flexible and take on key learnings from the recently completed Sydney Headquarters. A key part of the strategy was to embrace the identity already established in Sydney where possible while providing a mixture of informal meeting areas, collaboration zones and quiet rooms responding to a fixed desk environment. It was important to create a positive workplace that encouraged wellness and wellbeing by maximising natural light where possible.

Visiting the Sydney HQ first with the client was important to better understand what worked well and what didn’t, as well as what determined the identity and strategy currently in place. The challenge was to curate and design a new space that staff would be proud of while feeling connected to the Australian HQ. Auckland was treated as an extension of Sydney by embracing its strengths and working through its weaknesses. With an already established identity and method of working, the idea of ‘thresholds’ became a key part of defining spaces and ‘courtyards’ that acted as transition zones. The ‘courtyard’ responds to the fixed workspace as a relaxed space to break out and collaborate.