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Now, having grown in size, they occupy two adjoining studios.Anna tells me, ‘We love being on the ground floor.
You see other people, their shopfronts.We like feeling part of the action.It’s a great space to work in.’ Whilst not having an external canalside view like the studios on the opposite side of the building, the central atrium floods the tables in the communal area outside their space with lots of natural light.
‘In the summer, it’s so sunshiney, some people wear shades,’ she says.Understandably, the stunning atrium is Burles’ favourite thing about the building, ‘it gives light, it gives a sense of space.’ She also particularly likes being at their end of it, which is tucked away at the opposite end from the main entrance as ‘it’s got that slightly knocked back, industrial, vintage look.’ Chris agrees, calling the exposed steel beams, ‘Industrial Chic.’ He is also a huge fan of the breakout area’s big, wooden tables, which he sees as an extended part of their studio.
‘Clients enjoy coming here,’ he says.
‘We often have kick-off meetings with about 20 people from contractors to suppliers etc.But now it’s important to open the windows before people start to come into the building, and to let the building air at the end of the working day.
Longer office hours – in order to enable social distancing – will mean windows are typically open in the early morning.Heating systems will battle to heat buildings in the cool mornings, as the heat escapes out of open windows..
Unless we think carefully about our heating controls, heating bills could well go through the roof..But building occupiers will also need to balance the need to open the windows with safety security concerns, especially when there are periods of low or no occupancy.