Putting wellbeing first – New Zealand’s first WELL Platinum accredited workplace
2degrees
Project visioning
Workshopping with 2degrees enabled us to successfully distil the brief down to its essence, arriving at three main drivers for the project – the Protagonist, Heroic, and Audacious – key drivers that underpin all decision making. The protagonist represents the 2degrees brand; vibrant splashes of blue challenge conventional ideas of a telco workplace. Audacity is seen in the bold decisions, such as the zigzag interconnecting stair that links the four floorplates, and a focus on wellbeing throughout the workplace encapsulates what it means to be a hero.
Everything on wheels
To encapsulate the design drivers, we created a large hub that is adaptable, flexible and heavily planted; a place to revitalise, socialise, and be part of a community. Grandstands on wheels enable up to 250 people to come together, or flex to create smaller, more intimate spaces on a day-to-day basis.
Plug-and-play technology empowers people to be mobile and to choose a workspace that best suits the task at hand.
Team neighbourhoods are made up of a multitude of settings, to provide focus, process, and collaborative work. Part of each neighbourhood is a ‘collaboration corridor’, consisting of a custom screen, whiteboard and desk system which offers staff control over their environment and encourages mobility within a deconstructed space that people can make their own.
This dynamic workplace creates an environment for staff that boldly embodies the brand – the superhero ‘fighting for fair’ – out to innovate and take it to the world. With audacious colour, comic graphics and space to adapt, demount and modify fit for a creative team with personality.
2degrees' new head office is the first in Aotearoa New Zealand to achieve WELL Certification at Platinum level under the WELL Building Standard V2 (WELL v2). WELL is a flexible points-based certification scheme, designed to help organisations incorporate health and wellness strategies into their building design, operations, and policies, and is the world's first building standard that focuses exclusively on human health and wellbeing. This milestone is a significant step in 2degrees' health and wellness mission to have the healthiest team in New Zealand.
Embracing ‘space-less growth’ – with co-sharing and flexible solutions – has brought the entire team together under one roof for the first time, enabling more choice, connection, and community.
Warren and Mahoney really nailed the brief, capturing the essence of 2degrees, while stretching us a little bit, which was their promise! It’s really a remarkable space and the team has done an amazing job.
Collective Effort
Collective Effort
