The use of touchdown areas, concierge-style desks and lounges also helps redefine the notion of office whilst encouraging new ways of working, and ensuring that knowledge exchange is not confined to closed-off, cellular offices.
Biophilic design principles have also been utilised, to help improve the wellbeing of those using the facility. New walls are to be clad with plant or moss, and natural materials specified. A language of slatted-wood cladding permeates throughout the space adding surprise and delight to vertical surfaces whilst creating a framework within which students and staff can curate the space.
