become a tool for motivation.


I think acoustics is now a real challenge within the office. Te fashion for stripped out ceilings and exposed services can have a devastating effect on the demand for quiet spaces or pods, or more people conducting video calls or online meetings from the desk in open plan.


What key exhibitions, events or other sources help to keep you inspired?


We prefer the smaller fringe type of exhibitions to see innovative products or uses of materials. Te larger shows, simply foster an abundance of the ‘me too’ products. Clerkenwell continues to be a focal event for the industry, but is it pushing the boundaries sufficiently? Perhaps the term ‘workplace’ has become far too restricting and we all need to be more inquisitive, questioning and challenging why and why not more often – are we in danger of becoming lazy with products that take our fancy and not being inventive?


Above Collaborative spaces are now du jour for most new ofice designs, embracing the need for more social areas


Below With an evolving ofice landscape, perhaps the term ‘workplace’ is too restrictive


Can you remember Niels Torp’s vision of a new office landscape 30 years ago at BA’s Waterside? Was this the most radical thinking on offices to date? Niels Torp’s vision of inclusivity for British Airways offers different global themes in blocks along a central street. Te central street is the focus for the whole building as an active work environment towards which people gravitate to collaborate, meet and eat. His vision is only marred in hindsight by the loss of these activities in the sub-culture of each block. So today’s environments need to go further to ensure it is truly inclusive in every building. Te building, though, is still heralded as a new way of working for a large corporate BA.


More than ever, this is very much linked to understanding a business culture and personality of its brand, the tone of voice that’s established to support and reflect the business through its staff and their behaviours, the design of the environment and associated facilities.


Which office design, or other project, has inspired or influenced your own creative thinking?


For me [Kris Krokosz], when I first visited Macquarie Banks’ new HQ facility in Sydney, Australia I was genuinely taken aback. Tis is a building developed back in 2008/2009 that needed to house 3,000 staff but offered only 2,000 positions. 1,000 of those are assigned, the other 1,000 were shared by the remaining 2,000 staff. It offers focal points both in a central ‘street’ way, but also locally so more people can benefit from the varying settings and environments. I [David Kramer] see elements, materials and creative solutions within other environments that inspire me, such as retail, exhibitions and museums, and therefore I believe we could all benefit from a wider view and to becoming more inquisitive about design and our surroundings generally, and to understand our interaction with interior environments, buildings, materials, nature and all objects. squaredot.co.uk


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