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Claremont’s initial brief was to use workplace consultancy to help Essex based Eastlight, then Greenfields, determine what colleagues, residents and local user groups wanted from a new housing association office and community hub.

Once appointed to deliver the interior design and fit-out too, Claremont learned that Greenfields Housing and Colne Housing would merge to become Eastlight which would place even greater focus on delivering a space built on unity.

Throw in the Covid-19 pandemic and Eastlight’s vision and Claremont’s design had to change again. It soon became clear that Eastlight would need a high agile and activity-based solution to weather the challenges of 2020 and beyond.

Following the acquisition of Severn Trust Housing Association, Bromford’s vision was to reimagine its office portfolio with a keen focus on agility and employee wellbeing – turning one building into an flexible, desirable and collaborative community space with a focus on training – and the other, a customer contact call centre hub.

Both environments reflect Bromford’s brand strong DNA – bringing it to life and creating the ‘community feel’ that was so important to the senior leadership team.

The finished spaces pre-empted the Covid legacy. They offer all the flexibility, choice and sociability required of a destination office – a gain that has also helped Bromford to relinquish other no-longer needed sites.