South Australia
This tailored design responds to the cultural drivers of SHAPE, creating a comfortable and inviting home-like environment where staff and clients can gather to connect and collaborate. Adopting new ways of working, the new home of SHAPE encourages connectivity, inclusivity and belonging. Showcasing the talent of SHAPE’s trades, this fitout incorporates crafted timber elements and custom exposed concrete flooring containing hand selected stones from local quarries. Biophilic design elements have also been integrated into the design, with planting and greenery woven into all spaces at different scales to contribute to improving health and wellbeing.
The SHAPE workplace is a highly collaborative project showcasing the craftsmanship achievable when client and builder are one and the same. Warm and comforting material selections provide a calming sensory experience, invoking a residential environment.
Integrated storage and flexible working areas make efficient use of the footprint. A floating mezzanine takes advantage of the extensive ceiling height, unlocking valuable additional floor space. The uniquely exposed ground floor tenancy provides visual connection to the streetscape while maintaining security and privacy for its inhabitants.
We LOVE our new home.
Our brief to JPE was to create a home for our team and a space we can share with our clients, consultants and sub-contractors.
The design has greatly benefitted the way we work, offering
-an inclusive layout
-A dynamic and flexible space
-Reflecting our culture and values
-Positive Retention and attraction of staff
-Connection and approachability
-Sustainability and successful 5 star Greenstar Accreditation
-Most importantly a sense of belonging and calmThank you JPE for listening and exceeding in delivering our vision and hope for our new home.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
