Mirvac opens adaptive workplace hub in Sydney

Construction giant Mirvac has launched a new Adaptive Workplace pilot at its Sydney HQ, creating a hybrid, dynamic test and learn space that explores the office of the future in a post-pandemic era.

Teams from across Mirvac’s different business units will rotate through the space every four to six weeks, and the layout will be continuously adapted according to feedback and insights throughout the 12-month pilot period.

Mirvac will track how the space is used, how teams collaborate and how leaders manage their teams in this environment, having the ability to adapt throughout the experiment.

Campbell Hanan, head of integrated investment portfolio at Mirvac said the new 1,300 square metre space has been designed as a workplace of the future in response to extensive research and feedback from Mirvac’s customers and the new ways businesses are working in 2022.

“Our research has uncovered significant shifts in worker typologies post-COVID, with employees spending less time at their individual desks and wanting 80 percent of the workplace dedicated to collaborative spaces.

“It reinforced our belief that businesses need a workplace that is hyper-flexible and can adapt and respond in real-time to a specific task or the needs of the team and employees using it,” he said.

“As a landlord, our priority is to deliver the most successful environments for our tenants, and that includes listening and responding to feedback and providing ideas for how our workspaces can solve issues they’re experiencing, better serve business objectives and encourages their employees back into the office.”

Paul Edwards, general manager of strategy and customer at Mirvac said the company’s Adaptive Workplace pilot would set the standards for workplaces going forward.

“Mirvac’s Adaptive Workplace pilot has been specifically designed to facilitate modern ways of working by providing cutting edge technology and emerging design solutions that allow employees to use them the ways they want to – for team discussions, socialising, and brainstorming, as well as quiet focused work,” he said.

“The workplace has never been a constant thing; throughout history we have seen offices shifting format to facilitate the working styles of that era. Our Adaptive Workplace pilot has been designed as a responsive workplace that can flex to meet working styles of today as well as of the future.”

Edwards said early feedback from the pilot indicated that it could help shift ways of working, “In-person meetings can be so valuable when it comes to problem solving and creativity and having the right workspaces can help employees make the most of their time in the office.

“By allowing teams to work in the ways that best suit them, the Adaptive Workplace encourages and fosters positive behaviours and productivity as well as providing an environment that employees want to be in.”

To design the space, Mirvac partnered with award winning architect, Davenport Campbell, following a competitive brief, as well as engaging leading technology supplier, XY Sense and other commercial suppliers to implement and trial their latest design solutions.