Lexis Nexis

Workplace

⥤ Overview

An elegant, contemporary and highly-functional workspace for the tech team of global legal services company: Lexis Nexis, part of RELX plc and a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics. The 675 sq m scheme, housing up to 129 staff, involved the relocation of the Tech Hub team, previously based out-of-house.         

⥤ Brief

The project kicked off with a series of workshops, where concerns included worries about noise levels, worries about not having enough meeting or relaxation space and any loss of identity that moving might mean for the team. Key hopes included better meeting spaces, a non-clinical design feel overall, great acoustic management, the provision of collaboration and break-out spaces and the capacity both to integrate with and inspire the rest of the business.

⥤ Challenges

The strategic re-integration move came together with a brief to preserve and evolve the team’s identity and culture, whilst at the same time ensuring the team was properly integrated into the overall Lexis Nexis work family. A space plan evolved therefore that would enable staff to work in neighborhood-style groups in a number of open-plan areas, with as many write-on walls as and stand-up areas possible, with clear sightlines throughout, including into meeting rooms to see if being used. Through the efficient use of space, not only stand-up areas, but an inventing room and a series of collaboration spaces were integrated, with maximum built-in flexibility and adaptability.