Zalando’s new premises are an asset for recruiting. Interior Architects Fyra provided Zalando, the company known for its online retail business, a Tech Hub where you can hop on a swing or use the restrooms without having to queue. There are a couple of things you cannot help noticing when entering the Tech Hub of Zalando, the company known for its online retail business: Hulk, the green superhero, jumps at you from the fire door, there are swings with LED lights embedded in them hanging from ceiling beams and work stations where one can work in peace and quiet even if there was a party going on in the offices.
Sounds like the office of your dreams, and it should: Tuomas Kytömaa, Site Lead at Zalando Tech Hub, considers the outstanding new premises an asset in the recruitment market. “This is really important. It helps branding when you see this is the coolest tech hub in Helsinki.” When Interior Architects Fyra was assigned to provide the interior design for the Zalando Tech Hub in Helsinki, there was a clear-cut vision from the start: Zalando hoped for not only more space but for a raw industrial look, a vivid colour scheme based on the brand colours and a wide variety of work areas and stations.
When a 1400-square-metre space in the central Helsinki became available, Taru Leppänen, Interior Architect at Fyra, knew she had found a gem. “When I saw the space I thought wow. You could immediately see the possibility of dividing it in two sections: one high-ceilinged space for events and hanging out, and another dedicated as a quiet working space.” Splitting the space into two resolved the entire interior architecture for the facility. The events area with a ceiling reaching the height of almost ten metres was practically rebuilt in its entirety. There you can play billiards, have lunch, hang out with your colleagues, work in the sofa area on the mezzanine or swing on the light-embedded swings.
from retaildesignblog