Tour The East London Office of an Architecture Communications Studio
SALT opens its Shoreditch doors.
Summary
- Architecture communications studio SALT has opened the doors to its new East London office, designed by THISS Studio
- The office features innovative waste-saving designs, including tables from repurposed equipment and a meeting space from recycled fabric
In one of a few quiet spaces in East London’s Shoreditch, architecture communications studio SALT has opened the doors to its new office space, which has been designed by THISS Studio.
With a brief to use “as much reused material as possible”, the design studio set about creating an open plan office that could transition into an event space or photography studio, with waste-saving solutions at its core.
Expert-level scavenging was employed, with anything no longer needed being rehomed.
The giant tables around which the space is centered are made from old steel catering tables, with the legs cut down to size and placed on casters. A worktop was crafted from leftover cork and white American oak trim – both saved from landfill.
Felix Speller
Felix Speller
Felix Speller
Felix Speller
Felix Speller
Rather than having a fixed meeting room, spaces are created with a huge linen curtain by London-based textile designer Georgia Bosson, who sourced the end-of-roll fabric from an Irish mill.
If not made from scratch from scrap material, furniture is second-hand, such as the bookcase shelving, which came via Gumtree and was once used in a butcher’s.
Colour is introduced across the columns and beams, which were coated in a rust-toned hue by sustainable paint brand Bleo. In a nod to the building’s history, the floors have simply been sanded back and sealed with a matte varnish.
“We shared a commitment to minimising the use of virgin materials, and turning that ideal into reality required a collaborative, flexible design approach,” said Tamsin Hanke, Director at THISS Studio. “The constraints actually became opportunities—introducing productive friction that sparked creativity and innovation, rather than assuming all materials were readily available.”
“Our new space is as much for our community as it is for SALT,” said Celeste Bolte, Founding Director at SALT.
Head to the gallery above to take a look around.
