SafetyCulture Headquarters

Hammond Studio worked tirelessly to push the boundaries in designing the Sydney headquarters for SafetyCulture in a way that brings people to the office for inspired connection, idea sharing and collaborative work. The client’s brief was to deliver a workplace where staff can work effectively from anywhere, with highly integrated technology and engaging meeting spaces to come together as a team and collaborate. They asked us to create a workplace that people genuinely enjoy spending time at. Even more challenging to achieve after the workforce had been at home during the pandemic and had to be lured back.

Positioned in Sydney’s creative-tech hub Surry Hills, building has been designed to accommodate rapid growth with a fully flexible work environment. Designed as an extension of their company branding and values, each floor has a unique colour, to act as an identifier in the building. To encourage collaboration and innovation, we created immersive customer-themed meeting rooms. An array of wellness and event spaces include a restaurant ’Lucia’s’, cafe, state-of-the-art gym, prayer/reflection room, parent’s room, theatre, and large rooftop terrace with pizza oven. All decisions and selections were assessed on sustainability, embodied carbon impact and other parameters of cost and time.

The global headquarters for SafetyCulture truly reflects the company, their vision, and flexible workflow. Winner of the ’Better Place to Work’ award, staff overwhelmingly think it’s a motivating workplace. The generous amenity on every floor is designed to attract and retain staff. Fostering innovation is central for the company that is a global market leader in developing tools for workplace safety. SafetyCulture’s key brief was centred around their clients, which developed into customer-centric meeting rooms that are immersive and memorable. Replicating their everyday work environments within an enclosed meeting room so that staff always acknowledge their presence within the process.

Hammond Studio’s own in-house branding department has delivered a suite of critical fit-out elements, including wayfinding, signage, and graphic artworks. These ‘paste-up’ artworks, interchangeable in nature, depict the SafetyCulture’s many initiatives and products, and communicate aspects of its work culture including company values such as “better together”. The youthful paste-up artwork also connects the interior to the surrounding Surry Hills streetscape. Hammond’s branding capability was used to brand the reception and event spaces with custom signage. Among SafetyCulture’s core principles is its commitment to sustainability, which manifested through many environmentally conscious measures. Perhaps most impressive is the breath-taking – and indeed purifying – four metre-high Junglefy ‘Breathing Tree’ located in the building atrium. The first of its kind in the world and an Australian invention, the tree’s ’trunk’ contains 24 modules of patented technology which provide an active biofiltration system that cleans the air of harmful pollutants and remove all Co2. We partnered with event staging firm Arthur, to bring the customer-themed meeting rooms to life. The meeting rooms replicate the workplace of customers such as Coles, IKEA, Cathay Pacific, Toyota, and Krispy Kreme.