Hassell | Experience design

Media September 27, 2023

Bindi Bindi Place: Brisbane’s first specialist care centre for vulnerable children

One community organisation, Communify, is on a mission to build Brisbane’s first high-quality, multidisciplinary specialist care centre for children under six. Designed pro-bono by Hassell, Bindi Bindi Place will focus on the state’s most vulnerable and invisible — babies and children aged 0 to 6 years old — who are at risk of entering the child protection system. Listen to the interview from ABC radio with Karen Dare CEO of Communify..

Media September 22, 2023

“Health precincts are about embracing diversity and a holistic approach”

Health precincts are complicated, multi-dimensional places to develop, design, deliver and operate, writes Hassell’s Ben Rees. So, “how do we balance commercial imperatives with the need to foster connection, community and wellbeing?” Read the Op Ed article in InDesign.

Media September 19, 2023

Green spaces are go

Commercial Property Guide explores our recent research: From Office to Oasis in which Senior Researcher Dr Daniel Davis finds that, if green spaces are attractive and well-designed, they are perceived as “a significant perk”. “They’re spaces for hanging out with colleagues, for taking a break, for exercising and for rejuvenation. They’re also important spaces for entertaining clients…” Read the article.

Media September 12, 2023

Di Stasio Città named as one of Melbourne’s beloved Italian restaurants

According to Concrete Playground, “it’s hard to talk about Di Stasio Città without mentioning its grand modernist design. It feels more like a contemporary gallery than a restaurant, with high concrete-clad walls, minimal furnishings, and white videos projected onto the walls. At the same time, Italian music from the 60s plays in the background. It’s a brilliant backdrop for the consumption of pasta.” View the project.

Media September 01, 2023

Coming soon: The new generation of game-changing hotels

Named amongst ‘a new breed of hotels’, W Hotel is set to welcome guests from 12 October 2023. “The 585-room-and-suite hotel is set within Darling Harbour’s The Ribbon, an idiosyncratic curvy building squeezed between freeway flyovers and designed by Australian architects, Hassell.” Read the article in SMH Traveller.

Media August 30, 2023

‘Gravity of people coming back to the office’…

According to a recent study undertaken by global design firm Hassel, companies which have made adjustments to both their physical office environments and working approaches are enjoying a 17 per cent surge in employee satisfaction compared to establishments that have adhered rigidly to their pre-pandemic operational norms. In ‘Great Adaptations’, the fourth edition of Hassell’s annual Workplace Futures Survey, Senior Researcher Dr Daniel Davis found that more people are working from the office this year. “Employees are more likely to be picking the office this year than they were last year, there is this kind of gravity of people coming back,” he said. Read the article in the Property Council news.

Media August 29, 2023

Flexible workspace elevated to luxury status at Hub Martin Place

Australia’s premium flexible workspace provider, Hub Australia, takes its executive experience to luxurious new heights at Hub Martin Place in Sydney, opening this September. Brad Krauskopf, CEO at Hub said: “At Hub Martin Place, we have set ourselves a lofty goal to create a new standard for workspace hospitality in Australia… We are working with Hassell Studio to create an iconic Sydney workspace inside a beautiful heritage listed building, which is the enviable and ideal place to work for a range of high-end financial, technology, legal and blue-chip organisations in Sydney.” Read the article in Busy Continent.

Media August 24, 2023

The Great Room launches its first Australian flexible workspace location in Sydney, Australia

The Great Room is set to open its doors in the heart of Sydney’s CBD at Level 29, 85 Castlereagh Street, marking its first foray into the country in partnership with Australia & New Zealand-based asset manager 151 Property. Award-winning global multidisciplinary design firm Hassell was appointed to provide luxury interiors that incorporate a uniquely Sydney hospitality focused offering while providing the same high standard of comfort, aesthetics, and performance synonymous with The Great Room brand. This follows Hassell’s design of multiple successful projects with The Great Room in Singapore and Hong Kong. Read the article in Commo.

Media August 27, 2023

One in three Australian office desks are empty: report

A new report by Australian workplace sensor provider XY Sense suggests the push to get workers back into the office has stalled. Hassell’s Commercial and Workplace sector principal said working from home has become so entrenched that organisations must now earn higher levels of office attendance by ensuring their workplaces support employees to “be both individually productive and socially connected”. “[Employers must provide] experiences that are aligned to purpose and [enrich] lives by making people happier and healthier in the office,” she said. “Success lies with the carrot — not the stick.” Read the full article in the Australian Financial Review. Image: Bloomberg.

Media August 23, 2023

Just In: The 2023 Eat Drink Design Awards Shortlist Has Been Announced

The awards celebrate the best in Australasian hospitality design. While the throughline of the 2022 shortlist was comfort, judges say this year’s venues have demonstrated plenty of diversity, with no real dominating themes. “There was a massive range of projects, and it felt very much like we are on the cusp of change,” says judge Di Ritter, who is an associate at Hassell. “No one particular design direction stood out.” Read the article in Broadsheet.

Media August 24, 2023

SIA Merit Award for Seek HQ

Our magnetic workplace Seek HQ has been honoured with a Merit Award for Overseas Commercial Projects in the 2023 Singapore institute of Architects (SIA) Architectural Design Awards. Read the article in LookBox Living.

Media August 15, 2023

Office transformations produce higher employee satisfaction

Workplaces that have changed their office spaces to accommodate new working arrangements show a 17 percent increase in employee satisfaction scores. A new report released by Hassell, ‘Great Adaptations – 2023 Workplace Futures Survey’, revealed that the average hybrid employee satisfaction score of 70 out of 100 improves to 83 in offices that have been renovated in the past year – a 17 percent increase. Read the article in Facilities Management.

Media August 23, 2023

Will a different office increase employee satisfaction?

Businesses that have made a change to their office headquarters have reported higher employee satisfaction scores than those that haven’t. According to Hassell’s Great Adaptations – 2023 Workplace Futures Survey, those who have made an office change since the pandemic have a 17 per cent higher satisfaction score among employees than those that haven’t. The survey also revealed the specific features people want most from their place of work in 2023. Find out more in HR Leader.

Media August 23, 2023

Hassell discovers office transformations lift workplace mood

In a new report conducted by the global design practice Hassell, it was revealed that companies that have tweaked both office spaces and work methodologies have a 17 percent higher satisfaction rate among employees than offices that have stuck to pre-pandemic routines. This year’s report, tilted Great Adaptations: 2023 Workplace Futures Survey, marks the fourth time Hassell has completed its annual workplace survey. Read the article in Australian Design Review.

Media August 23, 2023

How to boost workplace satisfaction: 5 findings from Hassell research

As the corporate landscape continues to evolve, a recent study by renowned design firm Hassell sheds light on the significant impact of office transformations on employee satisfaction. The Great Adaptations – 2023 Workplace Futures Survey, authored by Hassell senior researcher Dr Daniel Davis, presents a wealth of insights garnered from interviews with 3,500 office workers across various countries. It is the fourth edition of Hassell’s annual Workplace Futures Survey and tackles critical questions about the push to return to in-person workplaces and strategies to manage resenteesim or ‘reluctant returners’. Read the article in InDesignLive.