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WHY GOOD DESIGN WILL HELP US GET BACK to the OFFICE Design Is Fundamental in Ensuring Offices Remain One of the Most Important Assets to a Business OFFICES & WORKPLACE - TRENDS & INSIGHTS ISSUE 2 | 2020 WHY GOOD DESIGN WILL HELP US GET BACK TO THE OFFICE Design is fundamental in ensuring offices remain one of the most important assets to a business INJECTING LIFE (SCIENCES) INTO LONDON Why landlords need to start thinking outside the box when it comes to providing lab space LOWER CARBON = BETTER DESIGN How property professionals have a significant role to play in improving sustainability through design Photo credit: Jack Hobhouse 2 3 FEEL GOOD DESIGN Designing for health and wellbeing – for people and buildings. 22 We know what EMPOWERING THE OCCUPIER THE ONLY WAY IS UP (OR DOWN) What if there was a solution to offices that Whether it’s a grand staircase in a WHY GOOD DESIGN WILL HELP US GET BACK both empowered the occupier while also stately home or a design statement providing greater control and returns for in a corporate HQ, the staircase it means to TO THE OFFICE landlords? 28 has a functional yet aesthetic role. 54 Design is fundamental in ensuring offices remain one of the most BACK TO BASICS LOWER CARBON EQUALS BETTER DESIGN important assets to a business. 04 What are the most important factors in an How property professionals have a ideal workplace? 30 significant role to play in improving THE FUTURE PROOF OFFICE sustainability through design. 56 How can we future proof our buildings BOG STANDARD today to allow for the big shifts of REVOLUTION ON THE FACTORY FLOOR tomorrow? Whilst it’s not the most glamorous 06 How heritage buildings can provide offices aspect of building design, the office washroom can make a big difference with character that allow businesses to to workplace users. showcase their individuality with WORK WELL 32 one-of-a-kind space. 58 AROUND THE WORLD WITH SAVILLS THROUGH THE KEYHOLE What does good workplace design look like? Welcome to our 2020 edition of CORE, nature of work, how it is managed and We showcase a selection of our favourite We get the inside scoop into an a Savills annual magazine focused on delivered and how businesses and their workplaces from across the world. 34 occupier’s new HQ – in this office and workplace trends in the employees function. As companies issue we talk to Network Homes. 60 UK and beyond, giving you an in- rethink the future of the workplace, LET’S TALK BUILDING DESIGN depth insight into what’s going on in there are opportunities to make INJECTING NEW LIFE (SCIENCE) INTO Our central London office agency the sector right now, and where it’s business operations more resilient and experts talk to Oliver Bayliss of Buckley LONDON heading. deliver enhanced sustainability. If you IS FLEX THE NEW LUXE? Gray Yeoman Architects on what good would like to know more about Office office design means to them. 40 Why landlords need to start thinking In this year’s edition, we focus on outside the box when it comes to FiT, you can find the contact details Flexible offices are bold and agile, with office and workplace ‘design’. Savills radical approaches to design pioneering providing lab space. 64 for Jeremy Bates and Katrina Kostic THE SAVILLS HOME OFFICE Jon Gardiner, Head of National Office the way. 12 Samen on page 71, or you can contact Agency, introduces this theme with A look at how some of our colleagues OUR CITY: MANCHESTER Simon Collett, head of professional have adapted to working from home ‘Why good design will help us get back WHY THE WORKPLACE IS (FINALLY) LEADING services on +44 (0) 20 7409 5951 or and providing tips on how they stay We asked our Manchester office to the office’ on page 4. productive. [email protected]. 42 agency team what the famous THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO INTERIORS northern powerhouse means We have also recently launched Office Designers are not just cross-pollinating to them. 66 Finally, where possible in this edition, FiT in order to provide practical, SIX IN THE CITY we have featured real examples of ideas and inspiration, they are now strategic and design-led advice and working right across a wide spread of We take a look at six things London office the themes and topics discussed SAVILLS CASE STUDY AND IMAGE INDEX insights from our global experts on diverse sectors. 14 occupiers value in workspace design. 46 within each article. At the back of the the impacts of Covid-19 as owners and Details of photos that have been used magazine on page 70, you can find are listed here with a key contact and occupiers adapt, evolve and improve SENSE AND SENSITIVITY CONTROL, COLLABORATION AND CULTURE the Savills case study and image index, further information, where relevant. 70 the workplace. with a key contact for each of these, Now is the time to drive social change The key ingredients to a happy and through thoughtful, high-quality design. productive workplace? The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged where relevant. 16 50 KEY CONTACTS accepted assumptions about the We hope you enjoy this edition! PRIDE OF PLACE Get in touch with our office and workplace experts. 71 What is place-shaping? We look at the combination of elements with one shared truth: human interaction. 18 FRONT COVER: BBC CYMRU WALES, CARDIFF, UK Savills Offices & Workplace CORE 4 5 Iris Worldwide, 10 Queen St Pl, London, UK IT IS AS SOMEONE ONCE SAID - WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. During a global pandemic it Inadvertently we have become As we start the slow return back to staff retention and recruitment. much more conscious of the work, the purpose of the office will In this edition we focus on the seems trivial to be discussing the space in which we work, focusing become clear. It is a place where details that collectively bring these importance of design in the office on everything from the type of we can mix and collaborate with aspects together. room, the quality of natural light, colleagues and where creativity and workplace. Yet, for over two the colour of the walls, the choice and ideas will be spawned and Taking design influences from other property sectors including months, millions of people around of artwork, the number of indoor businesses will thrive. It is as plants to the speed of technology someone once said - where the hotels, retail and residential, the the globe have adapted to home we use and have access to. magic happens. ‘domestification’ of the workplace was well and truly underway prior working, recognising the value and In an office environment, these With this in mind, our buildings to Covid-19. Data from our recent importance of their immediate themes have been front and centre and places need to be designed Office FiT survey, showed that in the quest to create modern to cater for all of the activities that 54% of people enjoyed working surroundings, be it a study, dining workplaces that embody the values can’t be done from home. They from home during lockdown, but room, kitchen, bedroom, junk room of wellness, as well as creating also need to be aspirational and 89% felt that office space was still places and buildings that enable reflective of a company’s culture. a necessity. It therefore seems or even the garden patio! workers to maximise productivity They are places where you should entirely logical that our workplaces for their employer’s benefit. want to go and where you know reflect some of the fundamental you can do your best work and changes that have occurred since However, at a time which has also the design should reflect this. In the start of 2020 and ultimately Hyperion Insurance Group, One Creechurch Place, London, UK given rise to the question “do we the first edition of CORE (2019), provide the best of both worlds for even need an office?”, the role that we looked at how offices and everyone. design has, and will continue to play, workplaces had evolved from will be of fundamental importance being a function of necessity to in ensuring that offices remain one becoming a physical embodiment of the most important assets to a of a company’s culture - a tool for Why good design business or organisation. WILL HELP GET US Kilburn & Strode, 84 Theobalds Rd, London, UK back to the office 89% felt that office space was still a necessity. By Jon Gardiner, Head of National Office Agency at Savills Savills Offices & Workplace CORE 6 7 By Yetta Reardon Smith, Senior Workplace Strategist at KKS Savills What does the future hold for office design? What early signs are we seeing of big changes? And how can we future proof our buildings today to allow for the big shifts of tomorrow? When first sitting down to write this article who could predict that the way we work would change so dramatically in such a short space of time. Experts have long suggested that the future working environment would be driven by employee choice and agile working, and arguably the Covid-19 pandemic has simply accelerated this process. If anything, lockdown has given us the time to reflect on what makes the perfect future workplace. While there are numerous views on what the future might look like, one thing remains certain, that the changes to the physical workplace will be people-centric, with health and wellbeing placed front and centre. Advancing technology, global challenges and a diverse workforce will all drive change, and in order to optimise these opportunities, businesses will be looking for new approaches to both harness and maximise talent. The PARQ, Bangkok, Thailand Savills Offices & Workplace CORE 8 9 Johnson Controls, a smarter building specialist, predicts in their ‘Global Workplace Solutions’ Report, that by 2040, knowledge workers will have total control over where, how and what time they want to work and wellness, especially now, will be at the core of their choices.
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