Challenge
The City of Antwerp called for tenders for the furnishing of the well-known Alcatel-Bell building in which it wanted to centralise all municipal back-office services (previously distributed across 32 locations with 3000 employees!). The city required conceptual input but defined only the function of each room in such terms as suitable for short or long conferences, flexi-working and the receiving of visitors. In each instance it was necessary to formulate a tailor-made proposal built on the criteria of ecology, ergonomics and harmony with the semi-industrial nature of the Bell site.