CASE STUDY: Simply By Nature collection
Tosca Debt Capital
SpaceInvader completed a boutique, 2,000 sq ft workspace for Manchester-based Tosca Debt Capital on the 5th floor of the Helical-owned Trinity Building on the city’s John Dalton Street. Shaw Contract’s Simply By Nature collection, made in the UK, was specified for this project. The carpet tiles in a mixture of charcoal grey and beige tones are a perfect complement to the interior scheme, and feature styles Arrange and Offset in colours Polished Stone, Sterling Silver and Mirror Grey.
Tosca Debt Capital is a financial services company that provides Small to Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) access to institutional capital to help drive entrepreneurial ambitions. The strong relationships the company builds with management teams set it apart and, with all decision-making, underwriting and portfolio management taking place from the company’s Manchester base, the office’s location, look and feel were crucial for its relationships with clients.
The client’s brand values were defined as “experienced, professional and knowledgeable, reliable and responsive and relationship-driven.”
SpaceInvader’s approach was to create an interior that would reflect Tosca as a forward-facing professional company, creating an understated, high-quality scheme with muted, warm tones and featuring high levels of bespoke joinery and craftsmanship to help create a quiet, sophisticated and timeless feel.
In many ways, this project is a vision of what the future workspace will be for many companies note SpaceInvader. This is a client who has moved away from a traditional office and who briefed for a space to fit current and future needs, where the workspace becomes a hub, not only for them, but for clients too and for the businesses whose boards they serve on, with the space able to perform a multitude of tasks, ranging from meetings to focus work, one-to-one and larger collaborations, with enough space for project pin-ups and reviews, as well as spaces for breakout, hospitality and entertainment.
The material treatment for the scheme was key. It includes warm timber tones; blue and auburn upholstery finishes and a feature deep blue paint finish set against the predominant neutral off-white. There are also neutral and textured wallpapers; deep blue and mottled grey acoustic finishes; and surface finishes, including marble, grey and black laminate, along with black-stained ply.
Designer: SpaceInvader
Fit out company & Project Management: TMT Commercial
Photo credit: SG Photography Ltd
Simply by Nature
Inspired by the wonders of the outside world, the Simply By Nature collection brings organic patterns and soft textures into the spaces where you work and connect.
