Something big is coming
… a teaser that has held our team in tension and excitement for the last few months till the grand opening of STATWORX’s new headquarter in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 3rd, 2020. During a small BBQ after a long period of lockdown and home office, our crew finally got the chance to mingle and feel the vibe of our new office location. But what had happened so far? One thing is clear: it was a piece of work.
„Help! We need more space“ was the predominant feeling as the decision had been made to go out and hunt for a new office. Our current office, based in the beautiful Westend of Frankfurt, was the company’s home since December 2016. Due to STATWORX’s constant expansion, however, it had become to feel like a (too) tiny box to be the future home for the steadily growing STATCrew. Even additional desks in co-working spaces such as WeWork or DesignOffices were not likely to be a long-term remedy.
Part of Our Company Culture
All those creative decisions embrace a crucial part of our company’s culture and spirit. During work, one must feel comfortable and at ease. We strongly disagree with concepts of work in face- and heartless environments where being at work is considered a pain in the neck. A high-quality surrounding, as well as a well thought out architecture, leads to a more productive and more satisfied working culture.
Creating such a comfortable and beautiful space for my team has, for me, been the major source of motivation throughout the whole project.
Curious about our new office? We’re happy to welcome many new and known faces, friends, customers, and partners in our new headquarter, based on Hanauer Landstr. 150, 60314 Frankfurt am Main. Welcome to STATWORX!
New location in Frankfurt’s Ostend
Frankfurt, as Germany’s capital of Banking and Finance, offers a variety of office spaces for those considering expansion. However, many of them are designed to fit Banks’ or Law Firms’ architectural needs. For STATWORX, it was clear to create something more spacious, open, and loft-inspired where communication, inspiration, and open-minded work is being pushed instead of limited. After a long and intense period of screening, seeings, and planning, the decision was made to move into a 1.400 square meter office on Hanauer Landstr. 150 close to where the European Central Bank had settled a couple of years ago. Since then, the entire area stands for progress, innovation, and the drive to move forward, a spirit our company and crew embraces every day.
Conference Rooms, Kitchen & Bar
The lobby and conference areas are located on the 500 sqm ground floor of our new office. Four big conferencing rooms create space for our data academy offerings like data science and AI training, our Bootcamp series, and various other services related to education in the field of data science and AI. The rooms have the capacity to host up to 100 participants in total. Apart from that, the rooms will be the new location for the production of all our digital training offers on which we had worked intensively even before the crisis had set in. A special place will be the company’s Bar called STATBAR that will definitely become a beautiful spot for our after-work events on Friday – chin chin. Another room we are exceptionally proud of is our big event kitchen, planned in cooperation with Poliform Berlin. Resting on a concrete floor in a nearly 70sqm room, the kitchen is designed to be the social center of the company’s new office.
At the Heart of It all: The Open Space
The approx. 900sqm first floor is considered the ‘working floor’. The spaces’ concept is an open space and hot-desking approach that especially underlines the learnings from the lockdown and crisis time. Does a modern company have to continually provide a completely furnished desk space for every team member? Ever since the crisis has taught us all to interact and work virtually with all the benefits the internet holds for us, we say: no. Working in the year 2020 is a mix of work, action, presence, absence, and communication. Speaking of those maxims of modern work environments, the harsh architecture of small single working rooms and the isolation of people in those rooms is a clear example of what we would not want to happen in our company. Our open space promotes interaction and the borderless exchange of knowledge and information. Since that won’t work across the whole office architecture, we have also created closed group offices, offices for the management team as well as the members of the executive board. While walking through the new office, you will discover areas for informal working such as armchairs, sofas, or a dedicated “Think Tank” designed to allow creative work in groups up to ten people. The wall allows writing on it – so creativity will be pushed to the next level there. Of special interest was the design of the ‘Coding Room’. The room held in dark colors with black half-see-through curtains will, in the future, allow our coders to work in an extraordinarily quiet environment and develop our sophisticated machine learning and AI models. Calmness and peace can also be found in our telephone rooms that come with an intimate atmosphere for long phone calls.
Our team has given the name STATBIB to the area hosting our literature collection and serving as the library and study area of the company. Round tables made of smoked oak combined with dark green pendant lamps remind of libraries from former ages.
The Color Scheme
Speaking of dark green: while planning the new office, we made a clear decision against white walls. That is why there’s not a white wall in the entire space. It was our ambition to remove the borders between work and wellbeing. Colors are of utmost importance for the whole appeal of a room. The color scheme of the office presents itself as a mixture of warm, earthy colors with green undertones and complex shades. The colors are calming but also transport ambition, energy, and eagerness at the same time. The materials are mostly natural: solid wood combined, natural fabrics alongside with black pieces – paired with a decent furniture collection presenting itself as a handpicked mix of classics across the epochs of mid-century till contemporary design.
Part of Our Company Culture
All those creative decisions embrace a crucial part of our company’s culture and spirit. During work, one must feel comfortable and at ease. We strongly disagree with concepts of work in face- and heartless environments where being at work is considered a pain in the neck. A high-quality surrounding, as well as a well thought out architecture, leads to a more productive and more satisfied working culture.
Creating such a comfortable and beautiful space for my team has, for me, been the major source of motivation throughout the whole project.
Curious about our new office? We’re happy to welcome many new and known faces, friends, customers, and partners in our new headquarter, based on Hanauer Landstr. 150, 60314 Frankfurt am Main. Welcome to STATWORX!