A Look Inside Auto Trader’s New London Office

Automotive market firm Auto Dealer employed office design agency Oktra to design their new workplace in London, England.

“The design course of concerned analyzing Auto Dealer’s present workplace and designing a scheme to exceed that stage of pleasure by that includes high-quality environments and cutting-edge audio-visual experiences. For Auto Dealer, it was key to create a memorable, immersive expertise that represented their model to everybody who entered their workplace. To assist the varied ways in which the enterprise operates, the workplace serves as an engagement software to entertain each colleagues and friends.

Auto Dealer’s new workplace is a real reflection of their modern-day model, positioning the corporate as a forward-thinking and dynamic enterprise and reinforcing their distinguished presence throughout the automotive business. Each touchpoint speaks of high quality, from the boardroom banquette which is harking back to a traditional automobile, impressed the feel and appear of the automobile seats, to the thought of expertise that includes seamlessly with the area.

The workplace’s varied expertise options allow Auto Dealer ship impactful media productions, with the capability to host podcasts and even produce movies inside their very own workspace. To assist these actions, we carried out acoustic supplies in all cellphone cubicles and assembly rooms, suspending panels above cubicles and banquettes. Moreover, curtains had been added in key areas for particular person management, privateness, and sound absorption.

A curved digital show serves as a backdrop for displays, whereas a singular artwork set up made out of mannequin automobiles serves as a gravitational point of interest throughout the workplace. The 120 staff-voted fashions inform a narrative of automobile historical past and mirror the tradition of Auto Dealer’s long-standing affect within the business.

The worker expertise is equally as necessary because the guests’. Private lockers and dry racks for cyclists enhance the comfort of working from the workplace and assist worker wellbeing. The open teapoint prompts dialog and leisure, whereas showcasing Auto Dealer’s collaborative tradition to guests. The selection inside their workplace encourages workers to tailor their work setting to their wants, serving to them to maximise productiveness.

The workplace presents quite a lot of workspaces to satisfy numerous wants. Relatively than a proper reception, a welcome workbench serves the preliminary touchpoint; geared up with three everlasting work positions, it gives area for stand-up collaboration.”