maximising internal planning and circulation efficiencies . The ground floor spaces activate the garden with their easy indoor-outdoor flow , in front of the building security line . The efficient plan form also achieves a better northern orientation , ideal for sensible passive climatic design .
The Ground Floor The arrival floor of the building acts as the heart of the scheme , creating a dynamic and active zone where staff and visitors can gather , meet , and exchange ideas . An increased floor to ceiling height provides the balance between the comfort and scale required in a more public floor .
The welcoming reception immediately in front of the shuttle lifts comprises a striking marble reception desk referencing the building ’ s angled design language , highlighted with brass signage and hanging pendant lights . Waiting areas and break-out spaces are furnished in rich forest green , deep blue , and burnt oranges . Furniture items echo the building ’ s materials palette , including marble , brass , stained veneers , and brown-black steel and aluminium finishes .
The waiting space in the north-west nose of the ground floor is complemented with floating triangular acoustic ceilings , suspended light fittings , and rich green and stained timber veneer shop fitting . Tenants and visitors are regularly to be found having casual meetings here , or at the popular coffee shop alongside which is only lightly separated by the angled screen fins from the reception .
A selection of varying sized meeting rooms with views onto the garden and terraces are furnished with clean light white boardroom tables , deep grey veneered servers which match the stained veneer doors , bespoke geometric wallpaper featuring the jewelled colour palette , and artworks which call to mind the cityscape and urban context .
In their previous locations the tenants did not have these building amenities , tending to keep to their private chambers , and the constant activity here is testament to the success of the provision of this public floor , and a forward-looking shift in ways of working .
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