Conwy Council Offices

Each floor required flexibility to meet the demands of each individual team's working requirements. This enabled the design to be developed to provide infrastructure on each floor, which could accommodate occupants with total flexibility. Every floor plate is split into three work zones, all of which have their own workstations, breakout space, a kitchenette, meeting rooms, print facilities and lockers providing total flexibility to the Council.

Largely column-free office floor plates encourage a more agile way of working and maximises future flexibility for the Council, whilst also allowing for future changes in the building use – so each floor can be sub-divided to allow for higher tenant occupancy.

The design has been carefully considered to integrate the building into the fabric of the town centre, taking visual cues from the character of buildings surrounding the site, which are predominantly from the Victorian era and are typified by steep roof lines, a strong vertical emphasis and gable ends employing a range of materials including brick, stone and slate roofs.

The office roofline is modulated with a series of pitched elements which face south and provide an ideal surface for photovoltaic panels, leaving the shorter north-facing pitch to contain north lights, bringing additional natural daylight to the top floor. The facades comprise of large areas of curtain walling framed by copper toned aluminium cladding, which creates large overhangs and wrapping forms. Externally the building provides an open, transparent appearance revealing the activity within it.