The most successful workspaces provide the design impact of the ‘hero’ spaces, but far too often ignore the notion of privacy, in the false truth that it is a blanket way to achieve knowledge sharing, in a knowledge economy. The design of the 3800sqm AMP workspace was to achieve:

• A sense of Connection
• Engender Communication
• Foster a Community

Workshop processes exposed a stratified organisation that valued its intimacy, however its management understood the need to communicate and to be nimble
Staff were committed to reduce stratification however, not at a large loss of privacy.
The design provided a series of nooks that acted as pinch decision points linked by a subtle change in floor finish and lighting. This effectively ensured people travelled along the routes designed and hence avoided the traps of encroaching upon the individuals’ privacy. All routes lead to the light filled ‘town square’ or European style market place, the centre of the community.