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Workplace consultant, design, architecture WILL+Partners


Project Management 7seven


Cost Management 3-sphere


Mechanical, Electrical, Structural Engineering Loop Engineering


Occupancy levels


WILL+Partners started by reviewing the basic office and operational principles. A detailed occupancy survey established that the British Red Cross office team had a maximum occupancy of 60%. Combined with the experience of the pandemic, this meant a smarter working environment could be created with specific co-working and shared space, fewer desks, more space and different working options.


In conjunction with the British Red Cross’s workplace strategy, WILL+Partners created seven core project principles: Community; Flexibility; Leadership; Wellness; Culture; Humanity; and Sustainability. (See separate box on following page to understand these principles and how they were integrated into the project.)


‘To create a new, future facing workspace which connects British Red Cross colleagues internally as well as with the local community externally. Enabling leadership throughout, our reused and adapted building will embody a strong brand and drive a more collaborative culture’ The British Red Cross


Design


For a space to be built, adapted or reused, someone must advocate on behalf of the building. 44 Moorfields has a language which is spoken through its use of grid, its layout and its rich history. Whether through its surrounding streets, or people crossing the unnamed courtyard or amphitheatre that is Moorfields/City Point. 44 Moorfields is part of the establishment of this grid language. It speaks to the City of London plan, of buildings being adapted, ornamented, altered, restored and renovated. Its language is written in the materials of timber, stone, glass and metal.


Te grid story starts at the desk, with a shared desking system within teams and studios. Trough creating neighbourhoods, directives and departments, the British Red Cross design is interspersed with courtyards and


Mechanical and Electrical


Flexibility was also at the heart of the M&E plans – it was important to ensure that there was sufficient capacity and flexibility within the systems to allow the spaces to be used for different functions and tasks. Te long lease meant that the whole life cost of the MEP services was a key consideration.


Te existing aged ventilation system consisted of separate supply and extract plant with no heat recovery. Te new ventilation strategy introduced separate heat recovery ventilation units to each floor. Tis aided the phasing of the project and allowed each floor to be done individually. At the end of the project, the existing air handling plant was stripped out, freeing up significant plant space for future office areas or exhibition spaces.


alternative work settings that encapsulates a vision for the future.


44 Moorfields is a series of floorplates, from its basement to the sixth floor including its museum. Each floorplate describes the British Red Cross’s individual and department identity in the whole, connecting communal spaces, the reception, public spaces, and reinforcing a connection to the community. Te design provides flexible and collaborative spaces available on every floor and in addition, spaces for quiet work and reflection. Te stairs also provide the opportunity to break silos.


Part of the brief was to create additional revenue- generating flexible spaces which could be hired out to the local community. It is this flexible workspace which better serves the British Red Cross emergency response work, and serves as an area for community, socialising and integration.


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