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93Issue 100 January-March 2017
SHAPING LONDON | SIR TERRY FARRELL CBE
The future of workspace in London
London is going through a rapid transformation of the waycommercial space is being designed, marketed and occupied.The emerging and evolving models of co-working are chal-lenging the established paradigm of CAT A commercial spaceprevalent in the capital over the last 20 years. Indeed, theshape of London’s future workplaces is feeding discussions atevery level.
We held a panel debate earlier in the year at the co-working
space in our recently completed mixed-use building ‘The Eagle’
in City Road, whilst the NLA are currently holding an exhibition
entitled WRK/LDN at The Building Centre in Store Street*. Our
challenge as planners, designers and occupiers is to draw upon
this research and these discussions to understand the deeper
socio-economic shifts informing this new ‘rent economy’ and to
innovatively design buildings that incorporate adaptive internal
placemaking.
Design has always been a factor in commercial property but
now it is recognised as key to the success or failure of office
environments. Not only have the spaces evolved but smaller and
more agile business models have appeared, requiring a radically
different design approach to the traditional model. Designers are
creating increasingly popular co-working spaces, accommodat-
Peter Barbalov is a design
partner with Farrells
The mostsuccessfulcommercialbuildings arethose thatconsider theever-changingnature of theworkplace fromthe outset saysPeter Barbalov
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ing the specific needs of freelancers and entrepreneurs – those
that would usually work from home, but still want the benefits
of an office environment.
The spaces we inhabit have a profound effect on our health
and wellbeing too; successful internal placemaking has a positive
impact on this whilst improving staff retention. Research tells us
that the wrong kind of internal environments affect the per-
formance, experience and sense of engagement of both visitors
and occupiers.
This trend has inspired designers to look beyond the more
technical needs of an office and the perception of the workplace
as a 9-5 only autonomous activity is changing dramatically. New
technology, such as smart phones, tablets, webinars and cloud
computing, has freed employees from working in one spot.
Flexible internal urbanism is therefore key, with break-out spaces
and impromptu meeting areas to empower collaboration and
co-creation. Beyond this departure from traditional desk-based
working, there is also more interest in the quality of the interior
design – colour, graphics and quality of natural light for example.
The importance of coffee machine conversations become crucial
to collaboration and communication. Employees are able to
break up time spent in the more formal work environment of
the desk with short spells of communication that brighten up
the day, improve employee engagement and facilitate a produc-
tive and positive working environment. Good office design cre-
ates a sense of community and togetherness, breaks down hier-
archical boundaries and increases communication horizontally
and vertically.
Flexibility has become intrinsic to our thinking and the ability
to adapt to change must be embedded within the building’s
internal urbanism. Recent changes to planning policy, which have
meant that office space can be converted to residential without
planning permission, certainly wouldn’t work if buildings weren’t
flexible. We should not only be designing buildings for the imme-
diate client, but long-lasting buildings that may have a com-
pletely different use or occupier in the future – better facilitating
retrofitting which has become the norm. Poor design will result
in buildings requiring bigger adjustments and refurbishments
between use change, having a shorter life span and potentially
demolition, all of which are economically and environmentally
unsustainable.
Sustainable design has progressed rapidly in recent years and
the construction industry is becoming more environmentally
aware. New technology has had a major impact on commercial
properties in terms of the materials and techniques used whilst
recent trends and regulations have moved towards greater sus-
tainability, more natural environments and less reliance on
‘sealed box’ technology. The embodied energy of the construc-
tion process is also a factor all architects and developers must
consider, and the necessary carbon used to construct maintain
and run commercial buildings can now be offset with initiatives
such as re-forestation and urban tree planting.
Commercially, workplace design has increasingly become a
statement about a company’s values and a corporate branding
tool, actively improving public realm and amenities whilst con-
veying the company’s style and ethos to clients. New offices
embrace the coffee shop and the park around the corner to cre-
ate a more inclusive and fluid work environment. Modern work-
places often a variety of extended amenities and create places of
interest open to the city and its inhabitants - a gallery in the
reception, a roof garden, a canteen or coffee shop - all contribut-
ing to the variety and richness of the wider urban environment.
This is a reciprocal relationship - the office as an extension to the
city & the city as an enabler of more inclusive workplaces.
The most successful commercial buildings are those that
consider the ever-changing nature of the workplace from the
outset. Our own office is in a 1930s furniture factory which, hav-
ing seen many refurbishments in its long life, has accommodat-
ed everything from furniture-making to spitfire production and
now architecture. Currently housing offices as well as residential
accommodation, we have worked rentable office space into our
internal placemaking. The Farrells Creative Hub, open this
month, is the latest manifestation of this living building and a
great example of how buildings can adapt over time when
design proactively plans for change. n
*The NLA’s WRK / LDN: Shaping London’s future workspaces exhibition runs until Saturday 21st January at The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT
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