Catalysing Culture
ITS Technologies are a next generation network provider offering businesses ultra speed connectivity. In response to its growing size and offer, they needed a space to reflect the business they are and the values they represent.
Although their existing office was located in a picturesque setting in rural Cheshire, the internal space was limited. With no meeting rooms, breakout spaces and a very small kitchen space they had clearly outgrown it and needed change to happen quickly. ITS invited us to help them move forwards and reimagine a ‘fit for purpose’ workspace that is more reflective of the business they had become.
With an office move to a building in Daresbury Business Park planned- in a place set across 2 floors, we set to work collaboratively with the ITS team to define what they and the business need.
In a post pandemic world where people had transitioned to hybrid ways of working, the business needed the space to reinvent what the office was for, maintain company culture and promote new ways of connecting- with each other as team and with their clients and partners. This approach combined the practical and emotional aspects of what they would like out of the space as people and a company.
Making Connections
Connectivity became the driving force behind the project, shaping the brief to create a 'home', a place that feels good to be in that would connect staff back to the office. The colour scheme reflects this by dialling in moods ranging from calming to vibrant using a tonal pallette designed to energise without overwhelming. Natural planting throughout the space provides the connection back to nature that the team didn't want to lose in their new location.
The new social and break out areas we created offer staff a variety of ways to connect and interact with each other complimented by areas designed for more intimate and private moments in the day. The meeting spaces range from zoom booths to board room with formal and informal zones scattered between to create an overall environment that suits the way the teams like to work best.
