Base One Group

project	Relocate to larger offices	timescale	5 weeks on site
location	Teddington, Middlesex	staff numbers	40 staff
contract value	£275,000	area	5,000 sq ft
features	Very flexible working, meeting, presentation and workshop spaces	averages	125 sq ft per person £6,800 per person (refit & furniture) £55 per sq ft

The brief

New Premises for an expanding marketing and design company. Unique solutions for every part of the office combine to create a flexible, unconventional, space that reflects the individual character of Base One

How we met the challenge

A conventional CAT A landlords fit-out provided limited scope for the quirky and distinct office environment originally in the sights for Base One. The office design brief focused on the ways of working within the office, previously hindered by the fragmented offices occupied before the relocation.

Starting with the concept of a flexible worksurface, alongside mobile but less nomadic hardware caddies and storage, the office design built upon the need to eliminate barriers to team working, the wish to move personal design boards to a client-facing space, and the variety of brain-storming, workshop, presentation and meeting areas needed to support the diverse needs of staff and visitors.

Eye-catching colours, shapes and fit-out solutions achieved an office interior that defies pigeonholing, but still manages to deliver on the practical processes that take place in every office. Post-occupation changes to the office layout, and uplift in staff numbers, have been achieved without disruption or cost of changing the initial layout....one of the objectives in the original office design brief.

Another major objective....offices that Clients want to visit....has been fully accomplished, marking a big change to the working of Base One Group.