Bath-based workplace design and build company Interaction has unveiled its new, state-of-the-art base for waste management company Ecosurety which showcases the latest in sustainable design and technology.
The 7,000 sq ft office in Bristol, the latest to be created by Interaction in the city, features innovative ‘biomes’ that draw inspiration from the natural world. 
These eco zones support different ways of working – depending on mood and job task – and encourage movement between separate wings of the office.
They include a rainforest biome with as an abundance of greenery and plants where Ecosurety’s 90 Bristsol staff can socialise and collaborate.
There is also a marine-themed area, offering a refreshing space for teamwork with cool blues and sandy timbers, and a savanna zone that features deep-rooted plants and warmer tones and provides a quieter space for more focussed working.
The new workplace also features cutting-edge office technology, including QR codes that can be scanned to enable employees to learn about the sustainable furniture and finishes used in its design.
In addition, there is a central office app controlling the heating, lighting and room bookings that also remembers personal temperature preferences.
Interaction has been designing award-winning offices since 1992 and has been responsible for a raft of state-of-the-art and wellbeing-focused Bristol offices over recent years, including international law firm Osborne Clarke’s HQ, which recently won the Fit Out Workplace title at the prestigious British Council for Offices’ (BCO) annual awards.
It has also created new Bristol workspaces for property consultancy Knight Frank, global engineering consultancy Arup and for fast-growing software development and digital services specialist Amdaris.
The new Ecosurety office has already achieved a SKA Gold rating, s a prestigious environmental standard for commercial office fitouts awarded by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Ecosurety head of sustainability and marketing Steph Housty said the new office was a physical demonstration of the firm’s ethos.
“We highly value our employees’ wellbeing and wanted to offer them a great place to work, whilst meeting high sustainability standards aligned with our purpose to accelerate change towards an environmentally and socially sustainable world,” she added.
“Interaction’s team made it happen, thank you.”
Interaction creative lead Sara Pasquall said Ecosurety and Interaction were both proud B Corps, so sustainability and staff wellbeing were at the heart of the design project.
“It fed into every aspect, including the materials we used and the plants we integrated into the design,” she added.
“We used fabric from recycled fishing nets in the marine zone, for example, and the savanna biome includes natural cork acoustic wall panelling.”
As Ecosurety has recently undergone a rebrand to celebrate its unique purpose tying together nature and data, Interaction commissioned artist Rose Vickers, based in Bristol’s Stokes Croft creative quarter, to create beautiful art pieces out of old recycled school rules – a symbol, it said, of data, numbers, art and creativity coming together.
