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Arup

Raising the bar to design for designers

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Manchester

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32,000

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Flexible Workplace

Manchester

32,000

sqft

Flexible Workplace

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Challenge

As a team of built environment specialists, Arup understandably had high expectations for how their workplace should look, feel and function.

Insight

Making efficient use of the floorplate, we designed settings that promote innovation and transform how people work and use the space.

Solution

An inspiring office that helped Arup double in size in just five years, reinforcing their position as a global leader in design.

People

As a team of built environment specialists, Arup understandably had high expectations for how their workplace should look, feel and function.

Place

Making efficient use of the floorplate, we designed settings that promote innovation and transform how people work and use the space.

Planet

An inspiring office that helped Arup double in size in just five years, reinforcing their position as a global leader in design.
As a team of built environment specialists, Arup understandably had high expectations for how their workplace should look, feel and function.
Making efficient use of the floorplate, we designed settings that promote innovation and transform how people work and use the space.
An inspiring office that helped Arup double in size in just five years, reinforcing their position as a global leader in design.
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Partnering with Arup, we created a first-class workplace in Manchester to inspire the designers, planners and engineers that create built environments around the world.

Making business a pleasure

If there was ever a company with high expectations for the way their workplace should look, feel and function, it’d be Arup – a firm with more than 14,000 global specialists working in every aspect of built environments.

For Arup’s Manchester office, it was about designing a place to inspire its people, attract and retain the best talent, and impress high-profile clients from around the world. It was about transforming the way they work.

Ultimately, we shared a vision to design and deliver the sort of workplace that brings the best out of people, and the business. And in the process, reinforce its position as a global leader in design.

Making a workplace for people makes all the difference

Arup has specialists across 90 different disciplines – all with specific space requirements. We accommodated 400 employees at 230 desks in their new Manchester office through introducing activity-based working.

We designed a flexible workplace that supports focus and collaboration. Getting this balance right has changed the way employees use their environment.

Delivering on performance and aesthetic

With efficient use of space and strategic design, the look and feel of the new workplace and the technical features we developed are designed to impress. We worked with Arup to construct a sound lab simulator, which has become crucial to their work, winning them new, high-value projects.  

Connecting people and place to company values

By learning and understanding the Arup Group’s vision and values, our design team were able to take their people on a change journey that aligned with the culture of the wider organisation.

TSK helped us raise the bar – transforming the way we work.

Keith Rudd, Head of Arup Manchester

People using the social pace in the Arup Manchester office
People using private booths in the Arup Manchester office
A close up of the acoustics in one of the meeting rooms in the Arup Manchester office
People using the breakout space in the Arup Manchester office

Impressive in all the right ways

Arup’s new Manchester workplace not only promotes innovation but leaves clients and visitors confident in their position as a global leader in design. In fact, their office is now their best strategic sales tool.

Having the pleasure of showcasing their workplace to clients and immersing them in the whole experience has changed the way they do business. From the bespoke fixtures to the vibrant colours and clean layout, the design has shaped a professional yet relaxed environment for producing world-class work – and winning it.

Their new workplace has played a part in helping them grow to more than double their size in just five years and has led to us delivering offices in Glasgow, Nottingham, Solihull and Cork (the first office in Ireland to be awarded the prestigious WELL Gold standard for improving human health and wellbeing through the built environment).

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