Studio Forma
Headquarters for a design consultancy: stone-toned calm, focus rooms like cabinets, a library at the core.
Brief & objectives
A thirty-person consultancy outgrew its co-working space and asked for a headquarters that would slow people down: fewer desks, more rooms with a purpose.
The team is hybrid; the office had to be worth the commute.
- Replace desk rows with a landscape of settings around a central library
- Achieve conversational privacy without a corridor of doors
- Keep the fit-out demountable for the next tenancy
Process
- 01
Shadowing
A week of shadowing the team produced a brief written in verbs — gather, retreat, present — rather than room names.
- 02
The library
The material library became the physical and social core, doubling as the main meeting room.
- 03
Quiet
Freestanding focus rooms, felt ceilings and a strict finish palette brought reverberation below conversation level.
Studies & material
