Tenant Advisory Group recently acquired office space at The Hive in Manchester’s Northern Quarter for the “people activation” company, Rapport Group. Their office interior was planned by workspace designers, Spacemen. We thought it worth showing you the results.
As Adrian Taylor of Spacemen explains, the brief was to create a flexible, agile space, “The idea was to provide as much variation in the way people work as possible – sitting at a desk, a high table on stools or even in the diner inspired kitchen area, especially as their team expands.”
“The palette includes materials to give a bright and airy feel with colours from the updated branding, along with a sympathetic nod to the Hive’s look and feel with concrete effect walls with deboss logos and patterns laser cut into ply.”
“The wrap feature that runs through the middle of the office is unified by Rapport’s new brand palette, houses meeting spaces, break out areas and design workshops. A fundamental part of the Rapport business is delivering events for their clients to address their workforce and so we wanted to reflect this by creating ‘stages’ along the length of the spine.”
“A secret door (a signature of Spacemen) allows access through the bookcase into a snug which can be used for conference calls. It’s been a great project with inspiring clients we love to work with, we wish them all the best in their new home.”
TAG’s founder Martyn Markland commented, “Rapport has achieved a great result by engaging specialists throughout. The building responds to their aspirations particularly in terms of sustainability, space and cost efficiency. They have achieved a relatively high density of occupation without it ever feeling cramped. There is abundant storage and a high end feel to finishes. What they have created should help the business to attract, retain and motivate the best talent whilst at the same time promoting its brand and corporate ethos to clients. I think this is an exemplar project for any aspiring SME in the TMT sector.”
The professional team responsible for this project included:
• Property Search and Acquisition – Tenant Advisory Group
• Legal Due Diligence – HRC Law LLP
• Interior Design and Space Planning – Spacemen
• Quantity Surveying and Project Control – Charter Design
• Fit out – Select Interiors
• Photography – Tom Biddle