Multi-Site
Confidential FTSE 100 Media & Publishing Group | Canary Wharf, London
Canary Wharf, London | UK | Multi-Site | Workplace Technology, Workplace Automation, Connectivity & Cyber
CHALLENGE
The operating problem
The client took on a blank commercial floor at Canary Wharf and needed it to do considerably more than house desks.
The brief covered collaboration, media production, private working and wellness, delivered as one coordinated environment rather than four separate ones. It also had to meet the standard Canary Wharf tenants expect, where the quality of the fit-out is read as a statement about the business.
The difficulty in a brief like this is integration. Individually, each element is straightforward. Making them share one infrastructure layer, one control approach and one visual language is where these projects usually come apart.
APPROACH
How Altus delivered
We delivered the floor as a single connected environment built on one infrastructure layer.
- Full structured cabling and a network backbone supporting AV over IP, with centralised rack infrastructure for resilient, scalable distribution
- High-bandwidth connectivity for real-time content, video and collaboration
- Meeting rooms with one-touch join, wireless presentation, multi-device sharing, integrated displays and room booking
- Digital signage throughout, carrying internal communications and live content workflows
- Enclosed pods for focused work, private calls and virtual meetings, with acoustic isolation, integrated power and data, and ventilation
- Wellness pods positioned near natural light, for reset and decompression during the working day
- A reception matching the Canary Wharf standard, with a clean architectural finish and integrated digital welcome signage
The pods are worth drawing out. Designing for deep work and for wellbeing alongside the infrastructure is uncommon in a standard fit-out, and it gives the floor privacy and concentration capacity inside an open plan without adding meeting rooms.
OUTCOME
What changed
A blank commercial space now operates as a high-performance workplace, combining collaboration, content creation, privacy and wellness on a single infrastructure layer.
- Senior calls, sensitive discussions and concentration-heavy work are handled in the pods, freeing meeting rooms for actual meetings
- Productivity gained without gaining footprint
- A technology-led first interaction for visitors, consistent with the standard of the building
- One infrastructure layer supporting every function on the floor, rather than a separate system per use case
The floor is a working example of what the workplace transformation model produces when collaboration, media, privacy and wellness are designed together rather than bolted on in sequence.
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
Infrastructure stack
Crestron, Logitech, Cisco, Samsung
THE NEXT STEP
Book a Critical Systems Review of your business.
We will look at where your infrastructure stack stands today, identify the gaps, and tell you straight what needs to change.