RAY WHITE PAPAMOA

THE PROCESS

Having already refurbished two other tenancies for Ray White Mount + Papamoa, Bubble was engaged again with a brief to explore better utilisation of space, and to create "something  different" for this growing Papamoa Sales Team.

The franchise owner was keen to engage all his team in the process, so Bubble facilitated a full staff workshop session to get their perspective on the current workspace, what was working, what wasn't, how a new space needed to support them, and how they WANTED to work; and established that the key to new premises would be flexibility!

There was no point having a large Auction Room that sat empty for the majority of the week, so we suggested the idea of Auction “Lounge” that could be reconfigured into a traditional assembly style set up for their main Auction once a week, but that could otherwise function more like a “Koru Lounge” where staff and clients would feel welcome to come and go in a space more like a cafe, with enclosed meeting spaces and phone booths, but also a variety of open informal meeting settings where they could touch down with a laptop or phone, host casual meetings, or catch up with colleagues in a far more ad hoc manner, more suited to their busy business.

The light and airy aesthetic was inspired by the sand dunes and the ocean around the corner with lots of plants bringing the space to life just like they do in the dunes. While a few pops of colour here and there evoke the changing sky at dawn and dusk.