2024-11-14T11:37:21-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150026393/white-collar-factory-ahmm-s-office-of-the-future Abigail Banfield 2017-09-06T06:30:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wf/wf93hjlivjw0br5b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Overlooking Silicon Roundabout in London's tech city is the newest and most progressive project of <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/69207772/allford-hall-monaghan-morris-ahmm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AHMM</a>. Over the past 20 years, they have worked with developer giant, Derwent, in researching the ideal office environment, and White Collar Factory is the result of 8 years of this partnership. Not only did the team build on their experience and research over the past decades, but they went as far as to set up a 325sqm &lsquo;slice&rsquo; of the White Collar Factory on site in 2013 in order to test their model for a year. The results of which informed the final designs of the main building, and encouraged buy-in from this early stage. &nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hx/hxtvkkqpiy3fojhy.jpg?w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hx/hxtvkkqpiy3fojhy.jpg?w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo by Tim Soar</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1j/1j4g8aq97fdm2vqr.jpg?w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1j/1j4g8aq97fdm2vqr.jpg?w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo by Jasper Fry</figcaption></figure><p>The White Collar Factory complex comprises of six buildings, making over 27,000 sqm set around a new area of public realm. This development will be home to offices, workshops, apartments, and restaurants, to list just a few. The configuration of these volumes (a 22,900sqm new tower, and five 4-5 storey buildings) allows a public ...</p>