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Are meeting rooms in your workplace in high demand? This year’s Workplace Futures Survey, The Big Calm, reveals that as workplace patterns stabilise, many employees are struggling with outdated spaces. With a growing preference for quiet areas to focus or collaborate, meeting rooms are increasingly being used to fill the gaps left by offices over-optimised on open plan. Addressing these shortages can directly boost worker satisfaction levels by up to 24 percent – an opportunity for companies looking to improve productivity. Fortunately, some workplaces are already making changes, with new meeting rooms being the second most common update. It’s time to rethink how we configure workplaces, ensuring they support both collaboration and concentration. 🔗 Learn more about what workers want from their workplace, and how yours stacks up: https://lnkd.in/gPNdz-X9 📷 Photography by Earl Carter #Hassell #OfficeDesign #TheBigCalm #WorkplaceFutures #PlacesPeopleLove

Watch how our unique 3-D-printed earth design for a community building in Hope Village, Tanzania will come to life. A Hassell collaboration with charity foundation One Heart Foundation, structural engineers Eckersley O'Callaghan and the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona, Spain, the building forms the heart of a master plan for Hope Village in Kibaha, western Tanzania, which aims to provide housing, education and skills training to vulnerable young girls. 🔗 Learn more about our sustainable community building in Hope Village, Tanzania: https://lnkd.in/gFZqpRW6 📹 Video by Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and Jaime Weston #CommunityBuilding #Tanzania #SustainableDesign #3DPrintedEarth #SocialValue

Designed with a warm, generous spirit, The Square — the new food and beverage precinct within Melbourne Airport’s Terminal 1 (T1) on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, Australia puts the traveller experience at its heart. "Our strategy was to craft a space that radiates warmth and tranquillity amid the bustling airport atmosphere,” says Principal Dan Cox. “Embracing locally sourced materials and locally designed furniture, we seamlessly blended this scheme with the existing terminal. New elements, such as reflective and illuminated ceilings, enhance views to the runway and intuitively guide passengers to the gates." 🔗 Explore more on our design for The Square at Melbourne Airport: https://lnkd.in/grDGW6zh 📷 Photography by Earl Carter #MelbourneAirportTerminal1 #InteriorDesign #AirportDesign #AirportFood #MelbourneAirport #MelbourneDesign

Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport represents a new chapter in the evolution of the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, where history, culture, and transport infrastructure intersect. Led by First Nations narratives from the Wianamatta region, this project began with a deep, research-led engagement with Country and its communities’ stories. Our design narrative, 'Carved Earth connected to Big Sky,' reflects the landscapes of the Cumberland Plain and has informed every aspect of the design process.   Hassell is leading the design of this 23-kilometre native landscape rail corridor, encompassing six new stations and precincts, and a maintenance and operations facility. Working for Parklife Metro Consortium, composed of Plenary Group, Webuild, RATP Dev and Siemens Mobility, together with key design partners, we are committed to creating infrastructure that respects Country and sets a new standard for the future of Sydney’s transport networks.    This project is a testament to how thoughtful design can respect the past while paving the way for a vibrant, dynamic future for Sydney’s third city. 🔗 Read more about our design for Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport: https://lnkd.in/gYZvKtDb #Hassell #CountryLedDesign #Aerotropolis #SydneyMetro #PlacesPeopleLove Djinjama

Precision medicine, AI-powered discoveries and looming patent expirations on top-selling Big Pharma drugs are shaking up the life sciences industry. To meet these changing demands, research and development (R&D) facilities will have to evolve quickly. 🔗 Discover how R&D facilities in various innovation-driven industries, beyond just life sciences, are rethinking conventional lab design to embrace a dynamic and transformative future: https://lnkd.in/gZjZ4Zxc   📷 The Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS), Herston Quarter, Brisbane, Australia. Photography by Scott Burrows. #Researchanddevelopment #ResearchLabs #LifeSciences #PlacesPeopleLove #Design #Architecture Yuru Ding

The Michael Kirby Building at Macquarie University’s Wallumattagal Campus on Dharug Country, Sydney, tells a story of sustainable adaptation and growth.   Our design team transformed a 1985 administration centre by adapting an existing concrete structure into a larger, more flexible four-storey building. The new design features a lighter timber-framed structure and a glazed façade. A naturally ventilated, top-lit atrium was also added by repurposing a previously underutilised external courtyard.   Our expansive, transparent design features a variety of new light-filled spaces that provide flexibility for workplace, research, and teaching and allow adaptability for future changes.   Optimising its prominent position on the major thoroughfare of Wally’s Walk, the upcycled Michael Kirby Building connects its interior to a well-established external tree canopy and surrounding public spaces, creating a new focus for the campus. 🔗 Learn more about Macquarie University’s Michael Kirby Building: https://lnkd.in/gQqmpvp7 📷 Photography by Nicole England #AdaptiveReuse #Architecture #Sydney #University #AustralianArchitecture #MyMQ #EducationDesign 

Anzac Station — the third of five new stations to be finished for the forthcoming Metro Tunnel Project in Melbourne, Australia — is ready for testing ahead of the underground rail line’s grand opening in 2025. The design for the Metro Tunnel is a world-class collaboration between leading design practices Hassell, WW P Architects and RSHP 🔗 Discover five little known facts about this new landmark for the city: https://lnkd.in/gkC55dKr #AnzacStation #MetroTunnel #MetroTunnelProject #Melbourne #MelbourneMetro Rail Projects Victoria

Every aspect of Deloitte's Sydney headquarters on Gadigal Country, Australia, illustrates our unwavering dedication to design excellence. Each detail is carefully considered to create a mood and sense of place, from the travertine island in the client brasserie, to the onyx tabletop gracing the boardroom. Beyond aesthetics, this expansive workplace serves a central purpose: to foster hybrid work, cultivate capability and innovation and elevate client engagement to a world-class standard. 🔗 Discover more on our magnetic workplace designs: https://lnkd.in/gw86Eu7Z 📷 Photography by Earl Carter #Deloitte #QuayQuarterTowerSydney #QQT #WorkplaceDesign #Innovation #OfficeDesign #DesignExcellence

Our design for global sustainable development firm Arup's new workplace on Yuggera and Turrbal Country, Brisbane, Australia, explores new territory in sustainable office environments for a hybrid-working world. Underpinned by our latest global research, the workplace will cater to Arup's unique hybrid work patterns, support collaboration and bring transparency to its inner workings. Hassell Principal Carolyn Solley says the workplace design will provide fewer workstations and more bespoke spaces for quiet work and collaboration. “The design of Arup, Brisbane, goes far beyond a physical expression of a contemporary workplace," says Carolyn. "It synthesises Arup's organisational values and environmental commitment and reflects its unique culture.” The bespoke fit-out currently under construction by Buildcorp brings together a design 'super team', including our own workplace designers, workplace strategists FreeState, First Nations designers Blaklash, circularity consultants Five Mile Radius, project managers Acuity, and branding, design, and wayfinding experts Studio Ongarato. The design team will work alongside Arup's own sustainability consultants, landscape designers, and engineers. The project is due for completion in early 2025. Download our latest workplace research The Big Calm: 2024 Workplace Futures Survey here: https://lnkd.in/g24KCn5G Read Michael Bleby’s take on our design for Arup in The Australian Financial Review: https://lnkd.in/gbTF29ME #FutureOfWork #WorkplaceDesign #AgileWork #HybridWork #TheBigCalm

Welcome to The Big Calm: a new era of workplace balance defined by flexibility, freedom and fresh air. Our Workplace Futures Report for 2024 is here, and for the first time since our survey began in 2020, we’re seeing a global convergence in workplace patterns as where and when people work finally stabilises after years of disruption. This growing sense of calm is mirrored by workers’ growing preference for environments that promote both peace and productivity. Our Head of Research and author of The Big Calm, Dr. Daniel Davis, believes this period of stability should come as welcome news for companies who have been waiting for the right moment to improve their workplace. “Companies can now implement changes with the confidence that the foreseeable future will not bring radical shifts," says Daniel. "Updating spaces to align with workers’ new preferences will allow them to perform at their best.” 🔗 Read the full report to discover the crucial takeaways and explore how your workplace can stay ahead in this new era: https://lnkd.in/gPNdz-X9 🖼 Photography by Earl Carter #Hassell #OfficeDesign #TheBigCalm #WorkplaceFutures #PlacesPeopleLove