RAY WHITE PAPAMOA

Multi-purpose space at it’s best!

Looking to take over a new tenancy underneath their old Auction Room, the owner contacted Bubble Interiors with a brief to explore better utilisation of space, and to create something new and different.

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 space 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. A few pops of colour here and there resemble the changing sky at dawn and dusk.

BUBBLE INTERIORS’ SCOPE:

• Strategic Briefing + Staff Engagement

• Space Planning, Concept + Developed Design

• All finishes selections

• Documentation for Pricing + Construction

• Negotiations with Landlord re contribution for Base Build Scope

• Co-ordination of Tender Process + appointment of Contractor

• Procurement of full new FF&E Package

• “Soft” Project Management

PROJECT TEAM + SUPPLIERS:

• Main Contractor: Total Fitouts

• Lighting: Enhance, Mr Ralph

• Flooring: Tretford

• Furniture: Harrows, ISSA, Kovacs, Modern Office

• Custom Artwork: Jasmine Kroeze

• Planting: Theo Spargo

• Photography: Jay Drew

Project Completed September 2021

While the franchise owner was really keen to push the envelope, some of his team were very set in “the way we do it”.

Engaging the whole team in an interactive briefing workshop meant we were able to really push their thinking and test ideas around how business “could” be done, encouraging them to look at things differently, while at the same time gaining buy-in to change and new ways of working.

They were taking on additional space in the tenancy below them, but they were still tight on space overall given the need for a large Auction Room  meant there was little space leftover for their growing team.

So we suggested the idea of an 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.

We included 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.