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BUILDING THE FUTURE


When Pricewaterhouse Coopers were looking to create a unique client experience while reflecting their heritage at their Sydney office, their designers turned to wood flooring from Havwoods.


As one of the largest professional services firm in the world, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) sought to create an unexpected experience at their Barangaroo, Sydney office. The brief was to distinguish PwC from its traditional competitors, through the integration of aspects from other industries, including hotel, retail and hospitality, as well as pin-pointing PwC's business requirements to create an exceptional, immersive experience.


PwC requested a theme around new traditions - respecting past heritage whilst at the same time embracing and building the future. The aim for the Client Experience Floors was to create spaces that combined the very best ‘out of industry’ experiences by blending hospitality, retail, technology and airline club lounge spaces.


“The product was a great addition


that tied the overall feel of the space together really well through warmth, texture, and colour.”


Gavin Harris, Design Director, Futurespace


The office featured lozenge shaped floor plates with the perimeter glazing providing exceptional views. Designers, Futurespace chose the materials and colour palette based on the layout and view; openness and informality played a major role in the design while curved forms reflected the floor plan.


Futurespace once again chose to partner with Havwoods, based on their previous design collaborations. They opted for Venture Plank European Oak Amendo - a warm tone that


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complements the overall materials palette with beautifully detailed grain and soft textures.


Havwoods HW961 Oak Amendo, an engineered timber flooring product from the Venture Plank range, was selected for its beautiful grain and installed as planks as well as in a custom chevron pattern. The hardwood timber flooring was also used as cladding in the project.


We caught up with Gavin Harris, Design Director at FutureSpace to find out more about the Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Barangaroo, Sydney project.


What was the design concept?


GH: New traditions - respecting the past and PwC's heritage whilst at the same time embracing and building the future. This is expressed through authenticity, curved form, wellness, innovation, proportion and scale, and future focus.


Where there any specific problems or criteria to be considered? If yes, how


were these answered? GH: The main problems revolved around programme; the project had a tight schedule within which many aspects had to be coordinated effectively through collaborative processes. In terms of the Havwoods product, this was used in a chevron pattern, which required cutting all pieces individually. Quality assurance checks would allow only the best final product to be installed onsite. There also had to be a great deal of care taken to ensure that no damage was done to the timber floor while other works occurred during construction.


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