Winning Workspaces

Flexible Space

Architect: BVN Architecture
Client: Energex
Location: Brisbane
Shortlisted: Australian Interior Design Awards, 2011 Corporate Design

More than 1700 Energex staff formerly dispersed throughout Brisbane, now work together in this open, collaborative work environment. The move aspired to encourage cultural change, improve productivity and efficiency and create a new direction for the organization. The design of the six-level headquarters on the edge of Brisbane’s CBD provides large, flexible workspaces, organized around a lift that opens straight into the workplace.

There are three atriums within the building that link all levels. Staff can see across the levels. Communal spaces, such as casual and formal meeting rooms, are clustered around the edges of the three atrium spaces close to sculptural staircases connecting the floors. Modular workstation can be moved and changed easily.