DELOITTE

Oslo, Norway Designed by Snöhetta and iArk

THE ACTIVITY-BASED OFFICE ENVIRONMENT

When Deloitte moved into their new headquarters in December 2013, a unique building in Oslo’s Bjørvika district, designed by the world-famous architects Snöhetta, the intention was to go from a traditionally divided office environment to a 100% activity-based environment. Out was the small, individual offices, the fixed seating, stationary computers and all the paperwork. But how is this done? We sat down with Louise Lojdquist, who works as a consultant in Deloitte, and was part of the project group responsible for implementing the transformation.

WE UNDERSTAND, THAT YOU HAVE MOVED INTO NEW HEADQUARTERS IN OSLO AND WITH IT, GONE FROM A MORE TRADITIONAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT TO A NEW WORKING CULTURE. HOW HAS THIS COME ABOUT?
”We wanted to exploit a pre-existing move as the catalyst for change and business development. The vision for our new building has been to create a ”new standard for interaction” and to create a work day and a workplace, that will survive long into the future. For us, the solution was an activity-based office environment".

"We wanted to establish both formal and informal meeting areas. As a supplier of many different professional services, it is important for us to ensure we can work together collaboratively, with closer dialogue across all of our areas of expertise. The new Deloitte house forms the foundation for a more dynamic way of task solving and enables us to better handle complex and complicated problems on behalf of our customers“.