DOCKL ANDS An Anchor in the Office A protected bay to dock in and work, even during stormy hectic times in the office. That’s what the DOCKLANDS product family offers. The heart of DOCKLANDS is the Dock-In Bays: exclusive individual workstations that enable temporary, concentrated activities. A small step for you, a giant step for the office world. That’s how easy it is with DOCKLANDS, the furniture that screens you acoustically and visually. It offers quality design and a high level of working comfort, right in the middle of a busy office. One minute you are part of lively communication in the open space. Then you take one step, and everything changes: a protected individual workspace is waiting for you. A screened-off space that offers you peace and quiet and perhaps even a little warmth. DOCKLANDS is perfect for focussed work, managing the spontaneous change between interaction and privacy without any loss. It is based on an innova- tive concept that begins with the details and ends with the office layout— or the other way around. The British designers PearsonLloyd have developed organic shapes and various types of Dock-In Bays for one, two or several people. They are delicate, light individual pieces, which enable versatile options in room planning. They provide room-shaping functions without affecting the structure of the building. The DOCKLANDS prod- uct family is completed by the Service Dock, as well as the Coat Rack and the Phone Booth.

Islands in Flux docklands The development of the new DOCKLANDS furniture typology is characterised by the picture of an urban harbour and the flowing change between communicative discussion and concentrated privacy. Dock in, work a bit, move on. The space is determined by the rhythm of modern office work. A fleeting moment of eye contact, a chance meeting, fragments of a conversation in the room, a sudden clever idea. That is how elementary communication and interaction can be in modern office work. They happen in many places, both planned and spontaneously, in recreation, meeting or communication...

DOCKLANDS are exclusive individual modules that offer versatile options for room planning, providing room-shaping functions without affecting the structure of the building. Thought through down to the smallest detail Visually and acoustically screened off, the Dock-In Bays offer the working comfort The size of the desk determines the dimensions of the Dock-In Bay. Two models are available: 110 × 60 and 140 × 70 cm. The DOCKLANDS Soft Wall, a padded, upholstered wall element. Acoustic elements in the substructure prevent interfering echoes in the furniture and increase the acoustic effectiveness...

Smart Working Choose the place you need Office as an urban landscape For docking in the office, for a spontaneous touch point, for focussed work over a short period of time there are many reasons to make a conscious retreat and leave the busy open space.

THE Docklands portfolio The Dock-In Bay—a central element of the DOCKLANDS— can be configured as an individual workstation, or a double unit in various constellations: facing each other, side-byside or back-to-back. There is no limit to the number of workstations set up next to each other. The DOCKLANDS product family is completed by the Service Dock, as well as the Coat Rack and the Phone Booth. Solution Workers, War of Talents, Corporate Culture and Facility Management. These are the most important factors influencing the new Smart Working office concept, which Bene has reacted to with the...

Accessories available from March 2013 Accessories help to organise smaller spaces The red dot means: no green light! Because the Dock-In Bay is occupied. The other accessories are just as plain and simple as the stop sign and the storage tray (left): The Table lamp (middle)— developed together with Nimbus—and the Clothes hanger (right).

The London designer duo PearsonLloyd talk about the attraction of their new furniture typology and why it can reduce rigid structures in the office of the future. PearsonLloyd What were your most important considerations when you began to develop DOCKLANDS? We began with an analysis in which the activities in and around the workplace were deconstructed and then, in a way, re-constructed. At the same time, we realised that people had really grown attached to PARCS. There was the feeling: »If only we could use one of these by ourselves to work in.« DOCKLANDS was then a logical next step in this...

CONCEPTS & PROJECTS What do the trading floor of the Vienna Stock Exchange and open-plan offices in London have in common? The spatial requirements of the new worker typologies. With the common critical question being »How do I get the office to work?« Inside the office world Large and global acting companies are turning to modern office solutions and discovering DOCKLANDS. The term »Right on track« can also apply to project development, and in the case of Network Rail, the owner and operator of Britain’s railway infrastructure, this is applied literally for the 3,500 workstations in their new...

CONCEPTS & PROJECTS »We wanted to offer our employees a superior working environment where they would find ideal surroundings for working and communicating.«  Uli Müller  Ninety per cent of Linkit employees are mobile workers. This is just one reason why the company chose the new furniture typology DOCKLANDS. Mr. Müller. You are the Managing Director of Linkit. Could you say a few words about your corporate culture? We are a young company, founded in 2008. We currently have thirty employees who have a very personal style of interaction, including the managers. As a company that is decidedly project-oriented,...

CONCEPTS & PROJECTS

CONCEPTS & PROJECTS A room with a history, a furniture system with a future: the fantastic ambience of the Vienna Stock Exchange requires very careful spatial intervention. Here, too, the Docklands system proves that it has the necessary sensitivity. Working amidst historical ambience is a big deal. Although it’s not the only thing Regus can offer its clients. The redesigning of the Vienna Stockmarkets »Grosse Borsesaal« opened the doors to optimal organisational opportunities: greater flexibility and multiple workplace-solutions being the key elements. When Theophil Hansen presented the architectural...