Spacelab Circular - Issue One - April 2013

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CONTENTS Work Won 4 Completed Projects 8 Overview: Workplace Consultancy 12 Admin & Announcements 22 Shard Photo Competition 26 Staff Q&A: Nathan Lonsdale 30 Talks and Exhibitions 32 Recipe 34 Final Word 36

Battleship Building - home for new Virgin HQ

WORK WON

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1 Incisive Media workplace consultancy and design for B2B magazine publishers.

2 CapQuest workplace consultancy for debt collection agency in Fleet.

3 VCCP workplace consultancy and design for creative agency.

4 Charles Tyrwhitt design of new HQ and warehouse offices.

5 Virgin HQ design of new office space within the listed Battleship Building.

WORK WON

6 Virgin Care design for new and existing office premises and GP practices.

7 Dixons Retail workplace consultancy for Dixons Retails’ HQ.

8 Gambitt design and project management.

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Investec

project management of office fit-out.

Hackney Road - mixed use development

COMPLETED PROJECTS

Interiors

Threepipe - office fit-out for new ad agency CRU - new office in Chancery Lane for investment company

Workplace

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The Mill - comprehensive study of leading postproduction house premises

Hackney Road - mixed use new build, including ground floor retail space and 14 apartments.

Project Management

Architecture

COMPLETED PROJECTS Threepipe - office fit-out for new ad agency CRU - new office in Chancery Lane for investment company

OVERVIEW: WORKPLACE CONSULTANCY

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OVERVIEW: WORKPLACE CONSULTANCY Our approach to understanding workplaces is grounded in thorough and rigorous research. We collaborate with University College London - one of the top ranked universities in the world - in order to continuously develop our methods, approaches and strategies for collecting and analysing data.

We have won awards for our work from both UCL and the Technology Strategy Board for a two-year project on ‘Effective Workplaces’ and are currently building on this success with a new project on ‘Big Data in the Office’. This relationship with UCL enables us to be at the forefront of research in the field of workplaces. Practising ‘evidence-based design’, we make sure latest research insights are translated into forwardthinking design solutions.

Spacelab achieved a 30% space reduction, equivalent to a saving of 33,000 sq ft

Ogilvy Healthworld, London

“Spacelab started their job in a very professional way analysing the existing problems, recognising our needs and wishes and taking our financial constraints into account.. Based on the information gathered Spacelab presented a spatial proposal that exceeded our expectations. We got a professional and well-founded analysis and recommendations that made it very easy for us to decide on.� - Helmut Hechler, Chief Financial Officer, Ogilvy & Mather Germany

ANALYSIS We work with you to apply a range of indepth analysis methods based on a theoretical approach of how people behave in space, developed with UCL. We talk to senior management stakeholders so we can base our design strategy on a detailed understanding of how your business works, its culture and how it may be changing in the future.

By surveying your staff, we engage them in the project process and find out qualitative data about the tasks they do and the facilities they think they need to do a better job.

By analysing the social network of your business, we can recommend an appropriate spatial layout and plan team adjacencies, so that people can more easily

access the colleagues they need and silos are reduced.

We compare your current space plan with industry best-practice benchmark data so we can highlight the potential for saving or re-allocating space.

We make detailed observations of how your staff and visitors or clients occupy, move and interact in the workspace, so we can recommend changes that will enhance collaboration and spatial utilisation, including flexible or agile working if that is shown to be appropriate.

We use a software tool to quantify and assess the inherent properties of your building and how much potential it therefore has to meet the needs of your business.

Interaction levels increased to 38%, making the business over 300% more collaborative

RKCR Y&R, London

“Spacelab’s approach is professional but creative. The research they complete is extensive and their workplace capabilities are second to none. A specific benefit has been the way they have successfully interacted with, and altered the mind set of, a particularly demanding group company.” - Giles Moore, Portfolio Manager, WPP Group Real Estate

STRATEGY The raft of data we gather about your business and the way you use your space, underpins the design strategy we create for your workplace.

This way you know the basis for every issue we raise and every recommendation we make.

We take into consideration factors such as how to enable greater collaboration, how to make your use of space more efficient, whether agile or flexible working is part of the solution and how the identity and culture of your business will be supported by the physical space.

We build up a picture of the workspaces and facilities that you need and how they will be located relative to each other. So you end

up with a strategic blueprint which will define the detailed design brief. This also means that you will have a highly accurate estimate of how much space you need over the lifetime of the lease.

We always involve you in the strategy development process including communicating with and engaging the wider organisation too.

We can also help you develop property search criteria as part of a re-location strategy if that’s what’s needed.

This is a joined up, evidence-based, approach to design which has the potential to deliver extraordinary and sometimes surprising results.

Redesign and new meeting space strategy led to a 267% increase in the number of meetings

Leo Burnett, London

“From their forensic examination of our needs, to their final recommendation Spacelab worked with us as true partners. Their attention to detail, their fresh and innovative thinking and patient collaboration never ceased to amaze us.� - Victoria Lynch-Robinson, Head of UK Facilities, JWT

DESIGN

Our award-winning interior architects use your spatial strategy to achieve a design solution tailored to your business. Working with you we aim to create a workplace that is both effective and inspiring.

We design workplaces that reflect the identity and culture of your business to reinforce a sense of collective purpose amongst the workforce.

We carry out design workshops with the internal project team so you are fully involved in the design process.

We design floor layouts and allocate space according to the spatial strategy and in combination with space standards to achieve the optimum use of space.

We introduce new ways of working where appropriate, and help to implement culture change across your organisation by involving key stakeholders and communicating with staff by a variety of means.

We design spaces that encourage collaboration across your business.

We test our designs using unique software to ensure the best possible solutions for your space.

We undertake postoccupancy analysis to test whether your space is working as originally planned.

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ADMIN & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements Nathan Lonsdale is engaged to Jessica Eager!

They are due to marry on 14th December Monica Choudhary and Pushkin Passey are to marry! The wedding will also take place on 14th December, in Chandigarh, India.

Taryn Berkley is expecting her second child!

The baby is due to arrive in September.

Monica is taking part in the Nike 10k Women’s Run on 18th May in Victoria Park. Fellow runners and sponsorship very welcome!

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ADMIN & ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Photograph by Nick Guttridge

SHARD PHOTO COMPETITION

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Nathan Lonsdale, Partner What got you started in architecture?

When my Mum took me to the seaside and showed me a pair of wrought iron gates my Great Grandad had made I was inspired by their longevity.

What was your big breakthrough?

When I was asked by a client to join him and set up the Estates Team for Anglian Water. I was Head of their architecture division at 27. 3 years later Andy and I set up Spacelab.

What was your most embarrassing moment?

Sleepwalking out of my house in my underwear. I woke up as the front door slammed shut and got picked up by a pair of female police officers!

What is your earliest memory?

Feeding rabbits in Angelsey What is the worst job you’ve done?

Making concrete lintels when I was 17.

STAFF Q&A

What would be your fnacy dress costume of choice?

The Fonz .. Happy Days Which person do you admire most and why?

Dalai Lama .. The man oozes internal peace, happiness and acceptance of all .. Something I believe we should all aspire too.

What one song would work as the soundtrack to your life? S Club 7 - Reach for the Stars Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

“There’s no space in corners” “Design is in the detail”

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TALKS Talking Interiors Lecture Series - Eva Jiricna

EXHIBITIONS Chromazone: Colour in Contemporary Architecture

Czech born Eva Jiricna has run her own architectural and design practice in London for over 30 years, and is renowned for her crisp functionalist approach, attention to detail and dramatic manipulation of space.

This display features key projects by major UK and international architects, who use colour to create identity, define space and heighten our experience of a building.

Royal College of Art Thu 11 April 2013 18:30 - 19:30 Free. Advance tickets only

Open-City Architecture Tours: Engineering on the Thames boat tour Greenwich Pier Sat 13 April 2013 13:00 - 16:00 Duration 3hrs approx. £35.50

Thames boat tour exploring the architectural landmarks that contribute to making London such a vibrant and dynamic city with an engineering focus.

RIBA/Observer Panel discussion: Are Tall Buildings Blighting our Skyline?

RIBA Tue 16 Apr 2013 18:30 - 20:00 £12

New structures have the power to enthral, but they can also alter the character of the city forever. When, driven by foreign money, ego and the pressure to build homes and offices, towers are being approved and constructed at a staggering rate, is our planning system is working?

V&A 17 November 2012 - 21 July 2013 Free admission

Venice Takeaway: Ideas to Change British Architecture RIBA 26 February - 27 April 2013 Free admission

Get a fresh perspective on the future of British architecture and be inspired by thought provoking and exploratory ideas from beyond our shores.

Light Show

The Hayward Gallery 30 January - 28 April 2013 £11

Light Show explores the experiential and phenomenal aspects of light by bringing together sculptures and installations that use light to sculpt and shape space in different ways.

PRP Celebrates 50 Years The Building Centre 24 April - 22 May 2013 Free admission

This exhibition celebrates 50 years of PRP Architects.

It charts the growth of the practice from its first project, The Ryde in Hatfield in 1963, through to the current day.

TALKS AND EXHIBITIONS

Chromazone: Colour in Contemporary Architecture at the V&A

Same old, same old Royal Academy of Arts 2 February - 26 May 2013 Free admission

An exploration of the ways architecture informs and distorts our understanding of space, myth and history through the manipulation of materials and textures, the interaction of digital distortions and a hidden audio track.

Piranesi’s Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered Sir John Soane’s Museum 15 February - 18 May 2013

Amongst the most significant examples of European graphic art are the fifteen highly resolved preparatory drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, produced for his last great project his Différentes vues de Pesto.

Spacelab are now members of the NLA, with entitlement to free places on a range of interesting built environment talks and debates. To book a place contact Shelley.

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For the sponge 3 Large eggs 300ml sunflower oil 300g soft light brown sugar ½ tsp vanilla essence 300g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground ginger ½ ground nutmeg 300g peeled and grated courgettes 100g walnuts roughly chopped (+ extra if you want to use some to decorate) Icing 240g unsalted butter, softened 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon (+ extra for dusting) 750g icing sugar 75 g plain Greek yoghurt Three or two 20cm (8in) diameter baking tins

Shelley’s Courgette, Walnut and Cinnamon Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C and prep baking tins 2. Mix together the eggs, sunflower oil, sugar and vanilla essence until they are all combined 3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and the ground spices.

In two batches mix it together with step 2 making sure it’s fully incorporated. Lastly add the courgettes and chopped walnuts to the batter, mixing them in thoroughly.

4. Divide the cake batter evenly between the cake tins and bake for 35-40 minutes or until cooked. Allow the cakes to cool before icing.

5. Make the frosting. Mix together the butter, cinnamon and icing sugar. Keep mixing until the butter is fully incorporated and the mixture is sandy in consistency.

6. Add the yoghurt and mix on a low speed until the ingredients are combined, then keep beating till light and fluffy.

7. Start putting the cake together by adding frosting in between the layers then around the rest of the cake. Once you have finished icing dust the top with cinnamon and add extra walnuts for decoration.

8. Eat and enjoy!

RECIPE

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FINAL WORD

“You can lead a fish to water, but you can’t make it swim”