Arkitema Workspace

What is the perfect company domicile?
To sketch out a viable answer, we must move among and empathise with the organisation that the building is intended to house and assist. How does the company work – and how does it wish to work? What are the company's values and visions? What external and internal relations does it wish to develop – both now, and in the future?

Work culture

Only by first analysing the needs of the company and its staff can we create meaningful buildings and architecture - not merely on the basis of purely aesthetic values, but also in the interplay between aesthetic, ethical, functional and social values.

Space and the physical environment influence our behaviour, working practices, creativity, health, performance, social life, etc. When we build a company domicile, we are consequently at the same time designing a particular organisation – a particular work culture.

An obvious example is the open-plan office environment, which as we know helps to create a flat and network-based organisation. But large offices also have their limitations, for example for a changeable organisation with different professional skills and working processes, and with different and varied space requirements. A concrete need might for example be for a meeting workshop that a project team can "occupy and own" for a period of time – a place where the innovative powers can obtain a special kind of nourishment.

We assess and evaluate the flexibility of the staff and their willingness to embrace change. We also do this in relation to our buildings. The building is increasingly regarded as a dynamic and changeable entity which helps staff to reach their own goals and the common goals of the organisation. It is a medium with which to transform visions into practical action.

In this way, the building can function as a strategic management tool. And it is our conviction that through a dynamic approach to the work, our buildings can at one and the same time provide enhanced value for our clients, users and society, and function as a starting-point for new architectural expressions.

Arkitema has a long tradition of designing company headquarters – a tradition we intend to continue to develop and build upon.