Beautifully designed places can connect us, move us, inspire us and sustain us. They have the power to turn the ​‘new normal’ of today into the ​‘new beautiful’ of tomorrow.

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The nuance behind the evolving workplace

There are many ways that organisations can fine-tune their workplaces to appeal to the changed habits and expectations of their people.

NEWS

Targeting net zero

The built environment contributes around 40% to the world’s carbon footprint. As an industry, we have a critical role to play in limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

Conversation

Measures that matter

‘Big data’ has played a role in shaping buildings and places since the dawn of digital technology. With the pandemic creating entirely new patterns in how people use civic spaces, that data has never been more important – or more beneficial.

Research

Close to home - exploring 15-minute urban living in Ireland (and beyond)

What’s a 15-minute city – and how could it help Ireland plan a better future? Our latest research, written for Irish Institutional Property, explores the potential. 

Project

FEIT @ Melbourne Connect

A boundary-testing pilot project shaped our design for this academic workplace – a cultural catalyst for innovation in teaching, research and industry partnerships.

RESEARCH

Data-driven decisions for the post-pandemic campus

Universities have reached a​‘working from home’ tipping point. What does this mean for on-campus office space?

TWITTER
Our #ReEmerge #pavilion, a collaboration between @AAEmtech And @HASSELL_Studio is taking its form and soon it will be open to the public at #BedfordSq. This pavilion has been #fabricated entirely from #reclaimed #timber.
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Projects

HSBC QRC Suites

A New Normal

Adam Smith Business School

Colma Creek, South San Francisco

Sixty Martin Place

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Sydney Theatre Company’s The Wharf

Arup Workplaces

UNBUILT: Hongquiao Qianwan People’s Tower, China

Thousands of ceramic ​‘people’ comprise the façade of Shanghai’s People’s Tower. With cascading gardens it’s the architectural counterpoint to People’s Park in the city’s west.

UNBUILT: Park Avenue – A Wild Place, USA

A wild place that reimagines 17th century Manhattan’s undomesticated forest amid the frenetic pace of the city’s iconic Park Avenue.

UNBUILT: Alibaba Xixi Campus, China

A green campus with ​‘streets’ reaching out from the workplace to the surrounding city and community, converging at an open-air plaza where people gather and ideas flow.

UNBUILT: Hangzhou Mixed Use Development, China

An aperture in the crown of the tower that frames ever-changing views, the ​‘eleventh moments’ to the Southern Song Dynasty’s ​‘Ten Scenes of West Lake’.

UNBUILT: Singapore Turf Club Masterplan, Singapore

A forest and park for untold adventures and programmable clearings for cultural events connects the historic Turf Club with the city for all Singaporeans to enjoy.

UNBUILT: Adelaide Law Courts, Australia

Architecture that prepares people for life-changing events. A long walk in provides moments for reflection and calm public spaces as antidotes to the courtroom stresses.

“By increasing the community literacy of designers and the design literacy of communities we can create a shared language for building better and more meaningful places.”

Camilla Siggaard Andersen, Hassell Senior Researcher
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