contact office magazine #30
The fact is: COVID-19 has turned organisations’ playbooks upside down. Well thought-out, step-by-step change management processes are currently pipe dreams – many decisions have to be made overnight now. In our cover story, we take a close look at how team play and team leadership work during an extreme crisis like the one we are experiencing now and what insights we can preserve for the future.
The fact is: COVID-19 has turned organisations’ playbooks upside down. Well thought-out, step-by-step change management processes are currently pipe dreams – many decisions have to be made overnight now. In our cover story, we take a close look at how team play and team leadership work during an extreme crisis like the one we are experiencing now and what insights we can preserve for the future.
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ACP TEKAEF is a market leader in intelligent<br />
solutions, products and services for the modern<br />
workplace, with 4,800 active customers and 75<br />
employees.<br />
The company offers a complete portfolio in the areas<br />
of print, workplace and mobility management. As<br />
an innovative partner, it supports its customers in<br />
designing work processes flexibly. ACP TEKAEF<br />
primarily commissioned regional companies for<br />
the new building in Hohenzell, Upper Austria. The<br />
construction planning and management was carried<br />
out by the architecture firm Arev, while the interior<br />
design was entrusted to the <strong>office</strong> consulting<br />
company Roomware.<br />
Turning old into new.<br />
The company founded in 1994 has grown strongly<br />
in recent years. The company was therefore looking<br />
for a new location that could meet the demand for a<br />
New Work working environment. A former factory<br />
building in Hohenzell proved to be the perfect place<br />
for this. While the three existing warehouses were<br />
adapted for the company‘s own purposes, it was<br />
decided to demolish the old <strong>office</strong> building. The new<br />
administration building was to be built here. The<br />
<strong>office</strong> building was designed for 100 employees to<br />
enable further growth.<br />
The spacious reception area is impressive, as it has<br />
been extended by an auditorium with a striking staircase.<br />
In the style of a university campus, it functions<br />
as a meeting area for employees and guests and offers<br />
space for events. There are conference and meeting<br />
rooms as well as individually designed working<br />
cafés, a canteen area, a spacious terrace and of course<br />
workstations over three floors. These were equipped<br />
with ergonomic, electric height-adjustable desks. In<br />
between, niche areas were created on all three floors<br />
for collaboration and short meetings – supported<br />
by high tables, seating groups and lounge furniture.<br />
These were designed as working cafés with integrated<br />
small libraries, which allow for both concentrated<br />
work and confidential meetings. Cleverly used<br />
bookshelves and laser-cut solid surface walls act as<br />
room dividers.<br />
A multifunctional room is available on the ground<br />
floor for larger meetings and seminars. Thanks to the<br />
flexible and mobile furnishing, it is no problem to<br />
react quickly and spontaneously to different usage<br />
requirements. A „Creative Room“ and some smaller<br />
meeting rooms supplement the need for<br />
communication. They have been deliberately kept<br />
small to allow for more effective team meetings.<br />
Interplay between hard and soft.<br />
The high standards that ACP TEKAEF set for the<br />
new location’s design can be seen as soon as you<br />
16 <strong>contact</strong>
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