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SITE LINES Combining cultures


Velimira Drummer of Stantec UK looks at how to mesh corporate identity with a tailored workplace culture when designing spaces for an international client, particularly in the current crisis


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s an interior architect, my role is not only to consider how the space within a building looks, but to closely interrogate what it’s going to be used for, and who will be using it. In an office environment, that means ensuring the space delivers practically, aesthetically and holistically for the client, the workforce and visitors. For international companies with multiple sites, there are usually design guidelines in place which offer varying degrees of flexibility. The base parameters are the number of workstations, sizes and layout of offices and meeting rooms, typology of furniture, and colours – combined with standardised technical requirements. Wrapped around the deliverables is the holistic thinking that transforms a building into a workspace that improves efficiency


and productivity and nurtures wellbeing, motivation and a sense of community. These are things that are especially important considering the current pandemic.


These were all key challenges in a recent Stantec project for Iron Mountain; a global leader in records and information management based in Boston, USA. The company had secured a new London headquarters on the ground floor of a Foster + Partners-designed building close to Tower Bridge. Our starting point for the interior design was to reflect the prestige of the location and corporate brand alongside the practicalities of fitting the headcount into the available space, while transitioning the aesthetics and layout of the firm’s US base to a more UK-oriented workplace culture. A project of this kind draws on the architect’s design skills and


IRON MOUNTAIN To create the balance between Iron Mountain’s corporate style and London workplace trends, Stantec designed workstations to follow a traditional layout but as open units, contrasting with the firm’s Boston office


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