DESIGN & INTERIORS


that’s provided is freshly prepared in the fully-equipped catering kitchen. Also on the ground floor, colleagues can take advantage of the drop-in clinic for free health checks and the same healthcare appointments that Superdrug offers on the high-street.


The formal reception area has been swapped for a concierge desk, giving employees and visitors a welcoming experience the minute they walk through the door. There are refreshments in the Business Lounge and iPads for guests to use while waiting.


“IN TOTAL 2,900 SQ FT


Moving upstairs from the ground floor, branding remains a key design theme. Employees will feel more connected to the brand and their colleagues through deliberate mimicking of the distinctive high street look and feel.


OF BRANDED ACOUSTIC PANELS WERE CREATED – THE EQUIVALENT


SIZE OF WIMBLEDON’S CENTRE COURT.”


PROJECT IN NUMBERS • 55,000 sq ft office over five floors • 40,000 individual carpet tiles • 30,138 sq ft plasterboard


• 2,900 sq ft of branded acoustic panels – bigger than Wimbledon’s Centre Court


• 550 sq ft ‘mock’ high-street shop • 500 colleague lockers • 16 week refurbishment • 10 ft laser-cut metal Superdrug logo • 9 tea points


• 5 miles of electrical cable – almost the distance to the old Beddington Lane office and back


• 1 table tennis table • 1 wellness clinic for colleagues • 1 brow bar and nail bar for colleagues


to be provided. The design for the new office now includes meeting rooms of varying sizes across the five floors to encourage conversation away from the standard work areas. Central services on each floor, such as printers and tea points, are intentionally placed on the perimeter of main working areas – a simple design tactic to encourage taking small breaks throughout the working day.


There are also breakout spaces on every level and a large café on the ground floor with doors leading to an outdoor terrace. The café has been furnished with a wide variety of seating areas and the healthy food


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Superdrug’s corporate values have been incorporated throughout, using large colourful graphics – even acoustic panels (which have been installed to make sure that


the open plan isn’t too noisy or distracting) have been branded. In total 2,900 sq ft of branded acoustic panels were created – the equivalent size of Wimbledon’s Centre Court. A mock shop with AV facilities has also been built, allowing teams to demonstrate to store colleagues how new products will appear on shelves around the country.


Jo Mackie, Superdrug Customer & People Director, comments: “After almost 40 years in our previous office this is a huge move for the business. The new office creates a more inspirational workspace that totally reflects our brand’s culture, vision, mission and values and will allow us to give our stores and customers the support they need to ensure we continue to grow and continue to offer the best health and beauty experience on the high street and online.


“The design of the new office reflects every aspect of the


Superdrug business with images of colleagues showcased throughout. Our vision is to make beauty and health accessible and that’s what the new environment does for our people both by the design and the services we offer.”


Tim concludes: “Developing the designs for Superdrug’s new office has been a great experience. The business really does live by what it preaches and the board’s involvement from the outset is testament to that. There’s a huge focus on recreating the same approachable culture Superdrug has maintained across its national stores. We’ve worked hard to learn as much as we can about the business so that the new headquarters will meet the same impeccable standards found on the high-street, while establishing a destination for colleagues to work creatively and efficiently.”


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