Buildings & estates

Building layout design strategies to optimise organisational performance & elevate user satisfaction.

We advise owners, asset managers and design teams, demonstrating how the spatial layout of buildings interacts with functional programming to influence user behaviour, operational effectiveness and investment return.

Acting across a wide range of sectors – from retail stores, museums and galleries to research departments, parliamentary offices and passenger terminals, we put people at the heart of the design process, helping to create places that truly work for their occupants.

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Anna Rose
Architectural & urban planner
Director (Consulting)

+44 20 7400 1320
a.rose@spacesyntax.com

Fortnum & Mason

Analysing customer circulation, product engagement & purchasing patterns in a landmark shopping environment to inform layout design & enhance retail performance.

270 Park Avenue

Ensuring the seamless integration of the building & the wider city with a comfortable experience for both users & the local community.

Bloomberg Headquarters

Advice on all aspects of design from urban integration, to workplace layout to user circulation.

British Museum Western Range Competition

Reimagining how visitors move through & experience the Western Range with enhanced visibility & improved wayfinding to create an intuitive & sociable experience.

Cardiff Central Station

Construction of a Pedestrian Movement Forecast Model to evaluate design options for the comprehensive redevelopment of the station and its surroundings.

Coal Drops Yard

Visitor flow and circulation assessments providing evidence to support the design of a major retail-led destination.

Museum of the 20th Century

A post-war anchor for urban regeneration, the new Museum for the 20th Century aims to  a vibrant and attractive new cultural landmark that integrates with the wider city.

Hillingdon Hospital

100% single room accommodation: an evaluation of ward layout on the delivery of care.

Hospital, China

Optimisation of horizontal & vertical circulation design to improve wayfinding & user experience in a major new hospital.

PowerGen Headquarters

A pioneering office building designed to foster workplace communication through its spatial layout design.

Royal Festival Hall

Visitor behaviour design advice to transform one of central London's most iconic cultural venues.

Bristol Southmead Hospital

Evidence-based planning & design for the redevelopment of a major hospital campus.

Francis Crick Institute

Enhancing staff interaction and cross-departmental collaboration through strategic design advice based on workplace behaviour surveys & spatial layout analysis.

Natural History Museum

Design of a Visitor Circulation Strategy to optimise flows, increase engagement with the collection & improve overall museum experience.

British Museum

A study of spatial layout & visitor movement patterns to inform the masterplanning of this major cultural institution.

British Museum – workplace design

A study to investigate the ways in which staff members use the spaces of the British Museum.

Anna Rose
Architectural & urban planner
Director (Consulting)

+44 20 7400 1320
a.rose@spacesyntax.com