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UNIQA Tower:
attractive office with
smart zoning concept.
The UNIQA Tower is located directly on the Danube Canal in Vienna. The
tower is 75 metres high and structured into twenty storeys, where more than
a thousand UNIQA employees do their work. In order to make this particular
workplace even more attractive and contemporary, the sixteenth storey of the
tower has been remodelled – as the epitome of a New Work scenario.
© Martin Zorn Photography
The UNIQA office is focused on
creative collaboration, encounter,
and the personal development
of its employees. By
remodelling the office as a place
for New Work, UNIQA aims
to position itself as a progressive
and attractive employer. Office
planning is by Roomware Consulting.
UNIQA has entrusted
the furnishings to the creative,
comfortable and ergonomic
products of Wiesner-Hager.
Creative zoning concept.
Area division keeps to a practical zoning concept
with two basic zones: a public zone and a home-base
zone.
The public zone includes a so-called collaboration
area for major discussions, brainstorming and informal
meetings. Here, a large high table with bar stools
and convenient monitors for integrating digital
content is combined with a snug yet agile area with
couch and cube seats. Everything is kept in a fresh
green, complemented by UNIQA’s corporate colour,
Employees
have the
option of
situative work in
which each
task is
supported by
the appropriate
setting.
the familiar blue. The public
zone also includes smaller,
variously furnished sections. So
they are suitable for different
types of discussions and teamwork,
yet also for quiet concentrated
work, remote conversations
and creative brainstorming.
The optimal setting is provided
for every requirement, whether
traditional conference table
arrangement or comfortable
upholstered furniture. “Employees
therefore have the option
of situative work, so that each task is supported by
the appropriate setting. In toto, the number of rooms
for discussions and collaboration has been greatly
increased”, Bernhard Kern, CEO of Roomware
Consulting, describes the concept that complies ideally
with the trend towards activity-based working.
Instead of allocated desks there is a wide range of
variously designed sections.
The home-base zone concentrates on the individual
workplaces. It includes an individual focus area for
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