Creating Inspirational Workspaces
The physical environment that organisations provide for employees to carry out their work activities, has been shown to have a powerful role in shaping a range of psychological and behavioural outcomes for employees and contributes to over 50% to our state of health.
As an employer, if you are providing inclusive and workspaces that promote mental and physical health through the introduction of biophilic design principles, you can expect to see significant improvements.
Through a human centric design approach, businesses can expect to see an increase in productivity of 15%, workplace wellbeing of 13% a reduction in absenteeism as well as improvements to overall engagement and sense of community.
Through the introduction of 'biophilic design', our architectural interior design associates will transform your workspaces into inclusive environments not only supporting those with a range of sensory thresholds, cognitive requirements and disabilities but provide opportunity for choice, empowerment and independence.
You'll not only see improvements to the physical and mental health, wellbeing and productivity of your employees, but your workspaces will be designed for sustainability and be more energy efficient, (average reduction of energy and running costs of up to 50-80%)
You'll also be helping to preserve natural resources through the introduction of natural materials and environmental factors, reduce your businesses carbon footprint levels, improve biodiversity and contribute to Net Zero!
Once your transformation is complete, our refurbishment and furniture consultancy teams will then carry out the transformation ready for you to move right in.
Pre & Post Occupant Analysis
As part of our inclusive design process, our design associates will carry out detailed pre occupant analysis to understand your employee's current behaviours, occupancy and utilisation to create a brief.
Once the transformation is complete, we will share the post occupant analysis, which will highlight the fundamental changes and improvements in behaviour, occupancy and productivity.
Improvements From The Introduction Of Biophilic Design
13% Increase
seen to workplace wellbeing due to biophilic design
22% Reduction
in use of medication seen in healthcare environments
15% Increase
to workplace productivity
due to biophilic design
What Is iophilic Design?
Biophilic design is a human-centred design approach that incorporates a number of key design principles. This inclusive way of designing will deliver tangible and financial benefits to the triple bottom line of people, planet and performance.
Biophilic design draws from our innate attraction to nature and natural processes to improve the many spaces we inhabit. It will often incorporate 3 key core principles, often which include multi-sensory interactions:
Nature of the space, nature in the space and natural analogues.
Through strengthening the human connection with nature, we can deliver significant benefits to the health and wellbeing of building occupants. This, in turn, can improve people’s experiences of spaces and their ability to perform tasks.
Whether it's residential, retail, office workplace, education or hospitality, our associates unique research-led approach to interior and architectural projects helps us to create more productive, happier, and healthier spaces to live and work in.
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Improvements From The Introduction Of Biophilic Design
23% Increase
is what hospitality customers are willing to pay for a biophilic view
25% Increase
improvement to learning seen in educational spaces due to biophilic design & a reduction seen in ADHD
85%
of employees now see care for wellbeing as a key determinant of whether to work for a company
The Process, Step By Step
Our architectural interior design, furniture consultant and project delivery associates have a portfolio of extensive experience on delivering projects of varying scales, sizes and budgetary constraints.
This extensive experience allows us to develop solutions for every client.
Through our initial conversations about the project scope and budget, we can create a bespoke package of services based on a client's vision, budget and individual needs.
Our experts with work closely with you to deliver spaces that enhance occupant wellbeing and project specific outcomes.
We will observe and analyse your existing spaces, gathering quantitative and qualitative evidence so that we can better understand the spatial and human opportunities that exist
Step 1
Pre-occupancy evaluations
With the data we have gathered, we are now able to develop a brief that will fulfil the requirements for your specific requirements and your employees that use the spaces
Step 2
Development of your brief
We will provide you with a concept, outline and fully detailed design, pack for your review and feedback. Once this has been approved we will then provide you with fully detailed proposal
Step 3
Design stage
Now we have full approval and signed off the designs, layouts and proposals we can begin to deliver the works as well as all soft furnishings
Step 4
Construction phase & furniture delivery
We create spaces which are durable yet capable of change so can grow and adapt with our clients changing needs so that these can be adapted and reviewed accordingly
Step 5
Post occupancy evaluations
Bringing Your Design to Life, The Refurbishment Stage
Our highly experienced furniture consultancy and refurbishment fit-out associates will take your design concept and carefully deliver and transform your workspace into a highly productive workspace, ready for you to move right into.
Our highly experienced project and delivery associates have over 100 years of experience in delivering nationwide and smaller roll out programmes for the likes of banking giant HSBC, the MOD, DVLA, McVitties, the British Library, MET Police and Parliment, to name a few.
We will work carefully alongside you to develop a suitable project programme ensuring projects are delivered on time and budget.
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Sustainable & Regenerative Design
Our regenerative approach to sustainability means we aspire not just to reducing negative impacts, or doing ‘less bad’, but having beneficial effects on both people and the planet.
Our teams combined years of experience of designing for carbon reduction in the built environment with a scientifically human-centred approach, promote the use of Biophilic Design.
As part of our fully inclusive design and refurbishment process, with the use of biophilic design, we use natural materials, light and plants. This not only provides multiple benefits to the occupants within the space but also the environment we live in. It can also increase biodiversity, reduce carbon footprint and help to conserve natural resources.
Our approach draws on human’s innate connection to nature, in the hope that it will instill the desire to take better care of the planet and create greater biodiversity.
We create spaces which are durable yet capable of change so can grow and adapt with our clients changing needs..
We communicate the benefits of designing for human and planetary wellbeing to our clients throughout each project.
What Some of Our Customers Are Saying
"My team and I worked extensively with Kirsty and her team on a GB business wide project, renovating and improving the look and feel experience for all manufacturing sites of my then employer as well as providing all of the furniture for a move to a new Global HQ.
I found Kirsty to be the consummate professional and someone who really took the time to understand the organisation, the culture, the people and the nuances geographically in a business with operations from Scotland to London.
Would highly recommend!"
Richard Greeves
PLC Category Lead,
Pladis Global
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"Kirsty organised and managed the complete transformation of our offices and facilities as part of a full turnkey programme across three phases during lockdown.
Despite the obvious difficulties the project was a huge success.
Really great to work with Kirsty and the team and we are absolutely delighted with the results.
Happy to give the strongest recommendation of Kirsty to any prospective clients"
Michael Treacey
CEO at Mabeybridge,
(ACROW Group Global)
"Kirsty is one of the most passionate, organised and reliable people I have worked with.
I have been working with her for almost 3 years and she is one of lifes most enthusiastic and positive people.
She is highly dedicated, carefullycreating inspiring and creative workplaces that promote employee wellbeing.
I can highly recommend Kirsty and her team!"
Ant
Founder,
T6 Transforming Surfaces