Postawa de Hoog offices,

Farringdon, London

Client: Thornton Tomasetti Postawa de Hoog
Contractor: QCF Interiors
Completion: May 2007

Thornton Tomasetti Postawa de Hoog is the UK subsiduary of the global structural engineering practice Thornton Tomasetti based in New York.

The aim was to design a creative studio atmosphere but with a professional ambience befitting such a renowned practice.

The space is organised and articulated using the existing cast iron colums.

The main working area is set to one side of the space, nearest to the light

...to design a creative studio atmosphere but with a professional ambience befitting such a renowned practice.

A glass fronted meeting room is set into an existing recess to the right of the entrance, with a reception area set to the left. This reception area sets a line behind which all of the ancillary accommodation is set,

including a shower room for cyclists, server room, general storage, and

stationery store.

The furniture is simple yet refined, white desks set diagonally to the space, each with moveable pedestals, and ergonomically designed chairs. The area to the side of the aforementioned cast iron columns is used as breakout space, informal meetings, and hot desking. This area also includes a pool table.

The project was included the networking of the space, all of which was done in the tight timeframe necessary to get the premises open for business.