CPMG ARCHITECTS
BUILDING BRITISH BRANDS
USING BOTH PHYSICAL AND FIGURATIVE TRANSPARENCY TO
BUILD A ROBUST OFFICE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE FUTURE
PROJECT SUMMARY
The client’s vision for the project – “To create a modern, vibrant
and sustainable environment that we are proud to work in. A place
where we can build a collaborative community whilst retaining the
characteristics of our unique businesses.”
CPMG Architects was entrusted with creating a modern workplace
for the homegrown sugar producer and its associated businesses
with open, flexible working spaces and with people and wellbeing
at its heart.
Working closely with British Sugar, the design team at CMPG
was better able to understand the business aspirations, work
culture and dynamics of the companies that would occupy the
building.
In line with the company’s corporate values Collaboration,
integration, flexibility and wellness needed to be at the core of the
design for British Sugar’s offices in Peterborough, which would
become a hub to support the four beet processing factories in
the East of England. Transparency, both in the physical sense of
the building and figurative transparency of company attitudes,
was essential in order to have a transformative effect on the
businesses within the building.
PROJECT AIMS
CPMG gathered data through a workplace strategy assessment
that informed the overall design. The new building needed to
embrace new technology to enable new ways of working, promote
flexible working practise and be fit for the future. Maximising the
benefits of sustainability and wellbeing were also imperative.
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