A Look Inside SLR’s New Bristol Office

SLR, a consulting company that provides global environmental and advisory solutions, recently hired office design firm Interaction to design their new offices in Bristol, England.,

“When SLR contacted Interaction, their current office in Clifton, Bristol, was dysfunctional and needed a complete overhaul. Their teams were compartmentalised, the layout was fixed and lacked fluidity and their teams were not collaborating the way they needed to. The decision was made to relocate, choosing the Grade II listed central Bristol Brew House building. The Brew House provides a perfect shell to design, to allow them to have an open and flexible workspace. To create a flexible hub, meant conceiving a host of fluid spaces, such as a touchdown reception, a fully standing plan bench, booths in the tea point and a library that doubles up as a quiet work area. Ensuring there were a multitude and variety of spaces was imperative to support their new open, activity-based working approach. One of the focal points of the project is the plan bench, at the heart of the workspace, the bench is a location to gather, collaborate, plan, which also has plenty of storage and space to work effectively. The design is also sympathetic to the old Brewery building and doesn’t cover any of the wall material to allow the heritage of to shine through,” says Interaction

• Location: Bristol, England
• Date completed: 2017
• Size: 6,500 square feet
• Design: Interaction