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Before relocation or fit-out
You need to translate needs, strategy and ways of working into a physical environment that can be designed, budgeted and implemented.
Interior concept, workplace strategy and office design
Translate workplace strategy into an office that works in everyday use.
We help organisations develop office interior concepts that make the workplace strategy concrete. By connecting business needs, ways of working, behaviours and identity to rooms, zones, functions and materials, we create a clear direction for the design of the office.
The result is an interior concept that brings function, expression and implementation together. It can be used as decision support for leadership and the project team, and as direction for design development, specification, procurement and supplier dialogue.
A strong interior concept does not start with colour, materials or furniture. It starts with what the workplace needs to enable, how the environment should be used and which behaviours it should support.
When the service is needed
When do you need an office interior concept?
The service is relevant when the office is changing and you need a clear direction before detailed design, purchasing or implementation. It may involve relocation, fit-out, new ways of working or an office that no longer supports business needs.
Function
When the office does not support the work
The office may be aesthetically well-developed but still lack the right balance between focus, meetings, collaboration, recovery and social spaces.
Decision
When decisions are made too late
Without clear principles, furniture, materials and spatial choices risk being driven by time pressure, personal preference or supplier proposals.
Ways of working
With new ways of working
Activity-based, hybrid or more flexible ways of working require environments that are easy to understand, choose between and use in everyday work.
Identity
When identity needs to be clearer
The office can contribute to culture, belonging and brand, but the expression needs to connect with function, behaviours and use.
Coordination
When several parties need to be coordinated
A clear concept makes it easier to align the internal project team, architectural competence, interior architecture, landlord and suppliers around the same direction.
Definition
What is an interior concept?
An interior concept is a coherent direction for how the office should be designed and used. It describes how environment, functions, zones, furniture, materials, colours and expression should support business needs.
We see the interior concept as the link between workplace strategy and physical environment. It is not only about design expression, but about creating an office environment that supports the right activities, behaviours and decisions.
Strategy
What should the office support, which needs exist and which behaviours should the environment enable?
Environment
Which zones, functions, room types and expression are needed to make the strategy concrete?
Implementation
What material is needed for decisions, design development, supplier dialogue, engagement and use?
Our approach
From needs and ways of working to rooms, zones and expression
We adapt the approach to the scope of the project, but always connect analysis, strategy, physical environment and practical use.
Starting point and target picture
We bring together the current situation, business goals, workplace strategy, needs, constraints and decisions that already exist.
Activities and use
We clarify which types of work, meetings, collaboration, focus and recovery the office needs to support.
Zones and functions
We define principles for workstations, meeting rooms, project zones, focus areas, social spaces, touchdown settings and support areas.
Conceptual direction
We develop a clear idea for atmosphere, identity, materials, colour, furniture principles and how the office should be experienced.
Decision and implementation material
The concept is compiled so that it can be used in design development, budgeting, procurement and dialogue with architects or suppliers.
Engagement and use
We connect the concept to how the office should be understood, communicated and used by managers and employees.
What do you get?
Deliverables that make the office environment easier to decide on
The delivery should help you move from idea to direction, and from direction to decisions that can be implemented.
Conceptual direction
A clear idea for the office’s expression, atmosphere and role in the organisation.
Principles for zones and functions
Recommendations for how different environments should support focus, meetings, collaboration, social interaction and recovery.
Furniture and use principles
Direction for how the environment should be used and which furniture principles support the way of working.
Colour, materials and expression
Overall principles for colour, materials, atmosphere and identity that can be taken into design development.
Material for design development
Practical support for dialogue with architect, interior architect, landlord, suppliers and internal project team.
Support for engagement
Wording and principles that make it easier to explain why the environment is designed the way it is.
Difference from expression-led interior design
A concept that starts with the work and becomes visible in the environment
Expression, materials and furniture are important parts of an interior concept. But for the office to work in everyday use, they need to start from the work, activities and behaviours that the environment should support.
The needs are then translated into an interior concept with a clear direction for function, zones, furniture, materials, colour and expression. We can develop the concept as a whole and, where needed, collaborate with architects, interior architects, landlords and suppliers in design development and implementation.
Connection to other decisions
The interior concept should connect with the workplace strategy
A strong interior concept is built on the right evidence. The work is therefore often connected to needs analysis, attendance data, employee insights, premises strategy and change management.
FAQ
Common questions about office interior concepts
What is an office interior concept?
An office interior concept is a coherent direction for how the office environment, zones, functions, furniture, materials and expression should support the organisation’s needs and ways of working.
When do you need an interior concept?
An interior concept is particularly relevant before relocation, fit-out, new ways of working, activity-based working, hybrid work or when the office needs to support culture, collaboration and focus better.
What is the difference between an interior concept and workplace strategy?
The workplace strategy describes what the office should support and why. The interior concept translates the strategy into physical environment, zones, functions, furniture and expression.
Can WeOffice collaborate with architects or interior architects?
Yes. WeOffice can develop the interior concept as a whole and, where needed, collaborate with architects, interior architects, landlords and suppliers during design development and implementation.
What does an interior concept include?
An interior concept can include principles for zones, rooms, functions, furniture, materials, colour, expression, use and how the office environment should support the organisation’s ways of working.
Next step
Do you want an interior concept that connects function and expression?
We can help you translate workplace strategy, needs and ways of working into a clear direction for the office’s zones, functions and environment.
