*Manchester University, UK: Faculty of Engineering Academic Workplace Strategy
*Manchester University, UK: Faculty of Engineering Academic Workplace Strategy
*Manchester University, UK: Faculty of Engineering Academic Workplace Strategy
- Manchester University has recently completed construction of the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) building, the largest Engineering building of any UK university
- In 2017, as construction was commencing on campus, concerns emerged that the allocation of space for workplace may not be adequate
- This led to calling upon our team to develop a workplace strategy, adopting the constraints of the building footprint allocated for workplace
- We carried out numerous workshops with stakeholders to push the boundaries of conventional workplace design
- A working group carried out a study tour of academic work spaces in the UK and Europe, for which we benefited from the feedback
- Our Report provided three scenarios for the workplace: everyone has an office (didn’t fit), no enclosed offices (not supported) and a hybrid scenario that was ultimately endorsed by the Faculty and the University