Macquarie Bank | Clive Wilkinson Architects
Text description provided by the architects. In 2006 we were selected to lead the design team, with Woods Bagot, as local executive architect, to implement a fit out for Macquarie that would complement their adoption of a new collaborative style: Activity-Based Working (ABW), a flexible work platform developed by Dutch consultant Veldhoen & Co. Our first idea was to open up and animate the ten-story atrium with 26 ‘meeting pods’, as a kind of celebration of collaboration, allowing clear lines of sight through the financial business.
Numerous work zones surround the atrium, designed to house 100 employees each in adaptable neighborhoods. An arterial staircase links the zones forming a ‘Meeting Tree’, emblematic of the interconnectedness of Macquarie’s client relationships. The Main Street on Level 1 offers communal spaces that are highly conducive to corporate and philanthropic events and includes a café and dining areas. Within the office floors ‘Plazas’ were modeled after collaboration typologies—the Dining Room, Garden, Tree House, Playroom, and Coffee House, where cross-pollination among business groups is encouraged through spontaneous encounters.
One Shelley Street has been designed to the highest levels of green star or LEED efficiency, using revolutionary technologies like harbor water cooling, chilled beams and zone controlled lighting. Overall energy consumption has been reduced by 50%. The interior staircase, linking the various neighborhoods, has reduced the use of the elevators by 50%. There has been a 78% reduction in paper storage needs and a 53% reduction in printing paper. Mail is scanned and distributed electronically, decreasing the need for storage. Employees have lockers in which to store personal addenda, and are deterred from creating paper waste, there’s not a trash can in sight. The business benefit of ABW is the elimination of ‘churn’—the cost of moving groups and redefining spaces. Investing now meant savings in the future and Macquarie is providing an unmatched quality of life for its employees—benefiting clients, investors, shareholders and the environment.
Em outubro de 2009, quase todos os 3.000 funcionários haviam se mudado para o novo prédio. Embora os ambientes de trabalho baseados em atividades ainda não sejam a norma, o nível de aceitação entre os funcionários da Macquarie subiu além da antecipação inicial. Quase 55% mudam seus espaços de trabalho todos os dias e 77% são a favor da liberdade de fazê-lo. Houve um abandono de práticas empresariais obsoletas que são tradicionalmente incubadoras de complacência. A One Shelley Street está posicionada para ser uma pioneira no novo edifício de escritórios sustentável global.
Architects: Clive Wilkinson Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia
Area: 330000.0 ft2
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Shannon McGrath
Available in: www.archdaily.com/54544. Accessed in: 04/06/2018.
