What space planning actually decides
How much of the floor goes to focused work, collaboration, meetings and quiet. Where the daylight goes, and who gets it. How people move through the space and what they pass on the way. Where the noise is, and what sits next to it. Which settings exist at all — because the mix, not the quantity, is what determines whether people use the office.
Tested against data, not taste
We plan from occupancy and utilisation evidence rather than from a reference project. That means peak demand by setting type, observed room sizes against booked ones, and the teams whose work patterns genuinely differ. It replaces the loudest opinion in the room with a measured pattern — which is also what makes the plan defensible to a board.
Workplace standards, so it survives you
A layout is a snapshot. A standard is a rule the next change can follow: what a focus setting contains, what a six-person room needs, how much circulation space is enough. Documented standards are what stop an estate drifting back into inconsistency two moves later.
Where it usually saves money
Reconfiguring rather than relocating. Buying fewer desks and more rooms. Discovering a floor can be handed back at the next lease event. The plan frequently pays for itself before any furniture is ordered, and occasionally the honest recommendation is that you need less space than you thought.
Space planning in London
We plan offices across London, from Freshfields’ floors and university buildings for UCL and King’s College London to the BBC’s Media Centre. We are based in St Albans, about 20 miles north of central London, so London projects get the same team from the first measured survey to the final installation.
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