HYBRID WORKING ENVIRONMENT

The innovative office in Rotterdam offers space for meeting, collaborating, sharing knowledge, etc. on a total of 3 floors of office space, namely the 9th, 10th and 11th floors. There are many facilities for the Lines of services of BDO such as scrum; presentation and meeting rooms. Various workplace concepts can be reserved by employees using a BDO app and are in line with BDO's vision that people can work at the office, at the client's or from home.

The 10th floor functions as a reception floor, here, in addition to the reception and a coffee bar with a 'barista', there are various seating areas where people can work and meet in an informal atmosphere. This floor is connected to a newly designed and realised void with stairs that connects the three floors. This floor also houses the conference centre and a large flexible scrum and relaxation area. In addition to these facilities, a 'mind & innovation' space has been realised;
After all, it is noticeable to everyone that our lives are changing.

The dividing line between work and private life is becoming increasingly blurred, we work from home and if we want we are connected to the whole world 24 hours a day. It is therefore important that each individual carefully fills in their daily activities, with room for rest, relaxation and exertion. This awareness requires companies to think about the content of the working environment, for the new BDO location there are various places that offer space for this awareness, a good example is the 'mind & innovation' room with quiet places and the possibility of meditation.

On the two 'work' floors a living room is centrally located with a large pantry, great coffee and tea, various seating areas, various workstations and lots of greenery.

The number and type of workstations have been carefully determined in collaboration with the employees in co-creation sessions so that they optimally match the way of working, with a clear focus on collaboration and social cohesion of the various lines of services within the BDO organization. There are also concentration workstations and quiet rooms, only fewer in number because concentrated work can also be done from the home workplace. The look & feel and wayfinding of this location are in line with the field of work of BDO, the largest port city in Europe. The quiet rooms and coupé places are designed as sea containers in a special brass colour. For the meeting and gathering rooms, special wall and floor covering designs have been designed of striking places and buildings in Rotterdam. The entire colour palette varies per floor and is in line with the corporate identity of the company.