As Neighbourhood Working necessitates a full clean desk policy at the end of the working day , individual lockers and storage accessible to all employees were incorporated into the design . No eating is allowed at the desks .
Keeping to the client ’ s ‘ light and airy ’ brief , a splash of colour was introduced that , with strategically placed private huddle rooms and collaboration areas , separates this entirely open plan office into defined departmental neighbourhoods .
Part of the brief was to create a barista canteen area with an in-house barista . This was to be the central heart of the space , which is important as it is a space for the staff to come together . Working areas and client interface meeting rooms radiating from it .
Neighbourhood Working influenced the design concept down to the last detail . For example : The carpet layout was designed to lead the eye through the building , while cleverly creating ‘ full stops ’ at each neighbourhood . Use of lines in carpets lead your
eye past these visual barriers into the next neighbourhood . Each Neighbourhood is also allocated a different colour-scheme .
The building itself is long and the lines created through the design of the space lead your eye through the length of the building . Huddle rooms were placed strategically to create visual barriers between neighbourhoods and also created visually interesting spaces
Space Planning The AIG offices consist of the following areas :
• A boardroom wing consisting of seven boardrooms for external meetings
• 1 specialised VC room
• 2 training rooms that can be opened into 1 ( folding stacking doors )
• 3 client interface meeting rooms off reception
• Mother ’ s room for nursing mothers
• Security room
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