Left The welcome area ceiling features a dark-sprayed, cut-out in the shape of a nautilus shell. A timber display area sits behind the coffee bar and a booth seating area sits immediately to one side
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WORDS BY TONY ROCK
IMAGES BY SG PHOTOGRAPHY
PROJECT 1 Overbury,
Chancery Place, Manchester
SpaceInvader, a Manchester-based agency, has designed the new ofice interior for a fit-out and refurbishment specialist that has moved a short distance from one part of the city to its new site within the old financial district
SpaceInvader has designed the new Manchester ofices for Overbury, a UK-wide fit- out and refurbishment specialist delivering projects in the ofice, higher education, and science and research sectors.
Overbury’s previous Manchester ofices are not far away from the new site, having occupied 4,200ft2
in the Zenith building in
Spring Gardens. The company wanted to stay in the area, but also wanted to have more room following a period of growth, so chose to relocate to a 6,867ft2
space in Chancery Place
on Brown Street, in the heart of the city’s old financial district.
Responding to Overbury’s business values, the concept for the new ofice is based on the idea of connection, namely: connecting to Manchester and reflecting its culture and identity; connecting through a culture of collaboration; connecting to nature, relating to sustainable design, a feeling of serenity and the promotion of staff well-being; and connecting using contrast through layers, textures and structures that would bind the scheme together, with dark and light tones adding drama and interest as the user journeys through the various pockets of activity in the space.
The strongest embodiment of the latter theme can be seen on entry to the ofices that are located on the 13th floor, where the welcome area ceiling has been designed with a dark-sprayed, cut-out area in the shape of Overbury’s brand identity, a nautilus shell, the spiralling lines of which are designed in solid metal, inset with lights and acoustic bafles. At
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