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Yoox Net-A-Porter Tech Hub
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Built
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2017
Yoox Net-A –Porter’s new Tech Hub was officially launched yesterday by the company’s CEO, Federico Marchetti and London’s Deputy Mayor for Business, Rajesh Agrawal. Grimshaw has designed the fit-out for the 70,000 sq ft office environment which is home to 500 staff, and is located near the company’s HQ at Westfield in White City, London.
Grimshaw’s design team worked to translate the architectural values of adaptability, flexibility and sustainability into the interior fit-out. The Tech Hub comprises natural materials, ample greenery with over 2400 individual plants, and innovative furniture with various pods and seating configurations to enable staff to work freely around the space.
The reception area creates a distinguished initial impression, welcoming visitors with a desk encased in bronze, video walls and a sculptural ‘arbour walk’ comprising softly-lit timber baffles.
An Innovation Lab is nestled within the end of the arbour walk and provides a key collaboration space. It is home to a digital ‘ideas wall’, where up to seven people can work together using mobile technology to manipulate each other’s data.
Technology enhances the way in which staff use various spaces, promoting agile working while maximising the floorplate. Staff lockers are activated by a mobile phone and allocated each day as the need requires
The Tech Hub encompasses a variety of informal and formal spaces, with five ‘tea houses’ throughout the office designed to promote conversation. Product launches and events can be held in a multi-functional area, which holds up to 175 people, and contains flexible furniture options including stools which are stacked within the walls. A cinema-like presentation room offers plush seating for client presentations.
Combining contrasting concepts is a design detail that runs throughout the work environment, with two core themes of the ‘code behind the catwalk’ and ‘London meets Milan’, with the latter embodied through visual references to both locations. The idea of contrasts is translated into a ‘warp and weft’ aesthetic with complementary materials and colours providing a sense of movement and texture.
A calm and refined atmosphere is created through material choice which includes timber, concrete, velvet, leather, felt, bronze and ceramics. The centre-piece of the boardroom is a hand-crafted table made from solid olive ash with blackened steel legs, accentuated by caramel-toned Italian leather chairs.
Acoustics within the boardroom and meeting rooms throughout the space have been considered through an innovative combination of moss and felt panels.
Speaking at the launch, Chairman of Grimshaw, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw said, “This project emerged out of deep discussions with Federico, and it has been a rewarding process to work with a client who champions quality design. The resulting project delivers an inspiring environment for an agile and global workforce, maximising technology and providing a flexible space for the future.”
Grimshaw’s design team worked to translate the architectural values of adaptability, flexibility and sustainability into the interior fit-out. The Tech Hub comprises natural materials, ample greenery with over 2400 individual plants, and innovative furniture with various pods and seating configurations to enable staff to work freely around the space.
The reception area creates a distinguished initial impression, welcoming visitors with a desk encased in bronze, video walls and a sculptural ‘arbour walk’ comprising softly-lit timber baffles.
An Innovation Lab is nestled within the end of the arbour walk and provides a key collaboration space. It is home to a digital ‘ideas wall’, where up to seven people can work together using mobile technology to manipulate each other’s data.
Technology enhances the way in which staff use various spaces, promoting agile working while maximising the floorplate. Staff lockers are activated by a mobile phone and allocated each day as the need requires
The Tech Hub encompasses a variety of informal and formal spaces, with five ‘tea houses’ throughout the office designed to promote conversation. Product launches and events can be held in a multi-functional area, which holds up to 175 people, and contains flexible furniture options including stools which are stacked within the walls. A cinema-like presentation room offers plush seating for client presentations.
Combining contrasting concepts is a design detail that runs throughout the work environment, with two core themes of the ‘code behind the catwalk’ and ‘London meets Milan’, with the latter embodied through visual references to both locations. The idea of contrasts is translated into a ‘warp and weft’ aesthetic with complementary materials and colours providing a sense of movement and texture.
A calm and refined atmosphere is created through material choice which includes timber, concrete, velvet, leather, felt, bronze and ceramics. The centre-piece of the boardroom is a hand-crafted table made from solid olive ash with blackened steel legs, accentuated by caramel-toned Italian leather chairs.
Acoustics within the boardroom and meeting rooms throughout the space have been considered through an innovative combination of moss and felt panels.
Speaking at the launch, Chairman of Grimshaw, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw said, “This project emerged out of deep discussions with Federico, and it has been a rewarding process to work with a client who champions quality design. The resulting project delivers an inspiring environment for an agile and global workforce, maximising technology and providing a flexible space for the future.”
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