WORKSPACE design CONSULTANT - BIOPHILIC INTERIOR DESIGN FOR HUMAN HEALTH AT WORK
There has never been a better time to incorporate biophilic design, healthy office interior solutions and sustainability into your office design ideas or workplace wellness strategy.
Ideally this would be combined with a Social policy promoting employee wellbeing, efforts to give back to the local community and engage with local businesses.
As a healthy office interior design company, we focus not just on beautiful office design (form) but employee wellness-oriented office design (function).
This raises the bar to include the positive impact on physical and mental health as the core objective. We do this from our twin bases in Barcelona, Spain and London, UK.
Our unique position as a biophilic design consultant focused on the natural environment gives us a different take on office interior decoration, unlike other office interior design companies our aim is to integrate a concern for natural systems with the promotion of worker wellbeing.
For us, the importance of office interior design is about enhancing a brand’s image, reinforcing its relationship with its staff and minimizing its environmental impact in the process.
HERO offices, indoor garden
Healthy workplace design & office interior design plans
Green office concepts have become increasingly popular over the last few years, and with good reason.
Healthy office spaces combine elements of biophilic design and sustainable interiors in the office design process, as well as healthy building strategies.
The focus is on boosting staff productivity and mood while delivering an interior environment that reduces anxiety and enhances happiness levels.
We carried out our own research project on this ‘Vitamin Nature’ effect in London, see the results of that study here. We also delivered several modern corporate office interior design as office interior designers for Porto Montenegro.
Hero offices boardroom
Increase wellbeing & sustainability with a green office
Our biophilic design principles have particular relevance for office space and co-work environments thanks to their healthy and environmentally-friendly outputs.
A green office design offers both a boost to HR (hiring and retaining top talent) as well as corporate social sustainability targets.
This approach aligns with corporate ESG objectives, balancing sustainability (Environmental) and staff wellbeing with local community considerations (Social).
By integrating these ideas into the office interior design process from the very beginning, as office design specialists we create a cohesive workplace concept, especially if given the opportunity to implement biophilic design!
Innovation Center co-working interior design
Healthy workplace design consultants
Beyond certification, our role on an office building might be as biophilic design consultants advising architecture or interiors studios as well as MEP consultants, focusing on ventilation rates and in-duct air filters; healthy materials and finishes in the fit-out phase to ensure improved indoor air quality post-occupancy, or working with an employer to align their workplace with ESG targets.
On an office interior design project we advise on space planning, furniture selection and creative space layouts (from a desk chair, to a standing desk, framed art, or a separate room for communal dining table moments) that goes far beyond the usual office chair upgrade.
For the contemporary home office space scenario of remote work, we can also advise on home office ideas, from the home office desk to lighting, acoustics, biophilia and more. We come with the interior design office room ideas!
Ozana Business Club interior design
from active design to indoor air quality
A green office doesn’t need to use alternative energy sources in order to be considered ‘sustainable’, our role leading the office design team is to deliver a healthy workspace by improving air quality, introducing circadian or wellness lighting systems, standing desks to promote regular movement during the work day, facilitating active travel, integrating biophilia and more.
Office interior design drawings are only one half of the equation, we also think about how to encourage workers to move and stay healthy once the office interior design is in use.
Ozana Business Club outdoor workspace
green office design and sustainable materials
Wherever possible as an office interior designer we work with natural and sustainable materials such as FSC wood, terracotta plant pots, eco-rubber and other recycled materials, adding another layer to our green office designs.
So whether it be upcycled carpet tiles or toxin-free wall paint, it is all about making a series of small yet significant decisions that cumulatively add up to a cohesive eco-friendly design strategy.
Arsenal Business Club interiors
biophilic office design for worker productivity and wellness
A green office promotes greater efficiency at work by introducing specific biophilic design principles aimed at worker productivity and concentration.
Sustainability has never been more important and green office design enables workers to think, feel and work effectively in an environment full of plants, natural light, eco materials, and green office decor.
Black Mountain Partners’ 68 King William Street interiors to Cat B finish by OKTRA, London, UK
Healthy indoor environment at work
Creating a healthy indoor environment in a workplace context involves a combination of Construction phase, Interior fit-out phase and Operational phase interventions.
We implement an enhanced Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) plan; healthy materials and finishes; biophilic design principles; daylighting strategies and wellness lighting, acoustical comfort measures and active travel facilities into an office space design.
This is typically done in collaboration with the architects, interior designers, structural engineers, acoustic consultants, MEP consultants and project managers.
BREEAM certified 68 King William Street, London, UK
green building & healthy building certification
As Sustainability & Wellbeing Champions we align a real estate and interiors project with healthy building certifications such as WELL and FITWEL, as well as green building certifications such as LEED and BREEAM, whether formal certification is pursued or not.
This provides guidance and benchmarks for the implementation of data-driven interventions for improved health and wellbeing. Additional standards to consider would be the Active Travel Score and RESET Air.
Our workplace, coworking and office interior design projects:
68 King William Street, Black Mountain Partners, London, UK
ESG & Placemaking
Ozana Business Club, Porto Montenegro
concept development, interiors, healthy materials, branding
HERO Headquarters, Switzerland
sustainability consulting & biophilic design services
innovation Centre Coworking, Porto Montenegro
concept development, interiors, healthy materials, branding
Arsenal Business Club coworking, Porto Montenegro
concept development, interiors, healthy materials, branding
