A Tour of WeWork – Chancery Lane

Location: London, England
Date completed: 2016
Design: Oktra
Design: Courtesy of Oktra and WeWork

Michal
Coworking
7 years ago

WeWork, a $20 billion tech startup that rents office spaces to others startups, businesses, freelancers and creatives, hired workplace design firm Oktra, to design its new campus, located in London’s Farringdon neighborhood.

“Each WeWork project follows the same model. WeWork provide us with their basic design principles drawn from the local area and we work with their team to design and build a space that promotes collaboration and creativity in keeping with the global WeWork brand. WeWork Chancery Lane was historically and is still to this present day associated with the legal profession. Inns of Court, Maughan Library and Sir John Soane’s Museum are a few of the feature properties surrounding this area. The interior fit out of this project includes timber panelling inspired by pinstripe suits of judges, Tudor building detail in the reception desk, colours inspired by law courts layering, animal detailed wallpaper and artwork reflecting the picture library from Soane’s vast collection. There is also a feature statue of a vivacious looking fox serving as a playful gatekeeper of the Fox Court building. It is safe to say that WeWork isn’t afraid to add quirky flourishes, both to respond to the architecture and the community. For WeWork Chancery Lane, the aim was to provide a mixture of spaces where people can collaborate, have private conversations and get individual work done effectively. From the glass walls to the collaborative kitchens and breakout spaces, the space has definitely succeeded in providing working environments to suit a variety of personality types,” says Oktra