FROM their head office in Northamptonshire and regional studios located across the country, GSSArchitecture have been involved in a number of projects to deliver new offices, infrastructure, marketing suites, warehousing and distribution facilities as part of urban regeneration schemes and region growth programmes.
Many of the office projects are new-build flagship city centre schemes such as Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Sunderland and Bedford.
In addition to the new-build office projects currently being delivered by the practice for developers and end-user clients, GSSArchitecture are also seeing an increasing market for rethinking existing commercial space. Repurposing of existing space has been the demand of a number of recent projects.
GSS provided architectural services for the recently opened Opus Energy headquarters building in Northampton. The scheme included the remodelling and regeneration of an existing 1990s office, that previously housed Northamptonshire County Council, by transforming the design of the outdated office building into a modern, flexible working environment that responds to current working practices and the use of technology in the workplace.
The spaces are flexible and allow staff to operate in different ways by promoting communication and collaboration. In addition to a fluid approach to working spaces, the building is able to respond and adapt to short and long-term changes in working practices, technology, and staff requirements and expectations.
Tom Lyons, Partner at GSSArchitecture said: “It is commercially essential to all our developer and business clients that they understand the importance of creating environments that support work practices, both now and in the future. Spaces need to be flexible and adaptable and best respond to their workforce’s needs, whilst at the same time giving them an efficient and well utilised asset in the form of their building, whether it is a new build development or an adaptation of existing space.”
GSSArchitecture’s in-house graphics and visualisation team have worked closely with clients to produce 360 degree virtual reality (VR) experiences in order to showcase projects in an immersive environment, allowing the client and staff to experience and tour the offices prior to construction. The 360 VR animation of the Opus Energy office regeneration can be found on the GSSArchitecture YouTube channel. Other in-house tools GSS utilise to explore different design solutions quickly with client teams include 3D printed models and realistic generated images.
For more information about GSSArchitecture and its recent projects visit www.gssarchitecture.com
