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Home Case studies Womble Bond Dickinson
Womble Bond Dickson (WBD) wanted to consolidate their two offices - as their teams had become siloed and distant. The aim of a new workspace was to draw people together – and Newcastle’s iconic ‘Spark’ was just the place to do it.
I am so delighted by the effort you have made to work with our adopted charities, The People’s Kitchen and Anxious Minds. The amount of work and time you have put into that has been really brilliant.
WBD took four floors of new office space, three of which were designed to accommodate staff in a flexible, and inclusive environment.
The fourth floor was dedicated to client meetings and events, and versatility was key. The lobby doubled up as a guest lounge, the desk moonlit as a drinks bar and the entrance area adjoined meeting suites that opened out to allow mingling. Not an inch of waste.
WBD’s curvy logo featured throughout: walls, lights, seats, you name it. While designing this was one thing, executing it was something else. The team spent considerable time measuring and plotting the curves countless times to get the placement just right. Alignment had to be perfect.
Curved walls work threefold – to form breakout areas, to serve as screens and to encourage people to turn in different directions and avoid clustering in any one space.
You can walk the entire floor with a mug of coffee in your hand (no doors to negotiate) without being able to see all the way through. Instead, there’s visual interest, privacy and flexibility. It feels open, but broken up.
Around the tea point, we installed faceted glass so that, no matter where you sit, you can look across and see a space that feels different. WBD want people to connect with and use all the assorted spaces.
When it came to fitting meeting rooms, coordination was critical, as ceiling services such as AV and lighting had to work with every possible table-seating plan. Multiple layouts were drafted – boardroom, workshop, interview, training and more – to cover all permutations.
Although the building had communal showers and changing facilities, WBD wanted spaces of their own. We installed these near the entrance, well away from client spaces, so that staff could discreetly come and go wearing their cycling lycra. Pipework was a challenge, as access tends to be untidy, so we rerouted it altogether to keep the wall tiles intact.
Womble Bond Dickinson are committed to the economic growth and development of Newcastle City Centre and the wider region, so it was important that this project added value to the local community.
Overbury's Site Manager volunteered at The People's Kitchen, a local homeless charity and foodbank, every Tuesday evening for the 16-week duration of the project; giving 48 hours of his own time. The entire project team also collected clothes, food and toys on site for distribution via the charity. In addition, our specialist subcontractors supplied and fitted some new pipework in the charity's kitchen and carried out internal decoration.
As part of stress awareness month, we invited Anxious Minds, another of WBD's chosen charities, to deliver a mental health talk giving an overview of mental health, how to manage stress and how to access support; making a donation for their time.
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