Past Event

Cologne, Germany

WOD was invited to host a discussion at Actiu’s stand during Orgatec Cologne 2024, so we decided to take Actiu’s tag line “Life-friendly spaces” and got our expert panellists to share their thoughts on how to bring this tag line to life.

Our experts from the UK & Germany shared similar views about bringing the human-self into our design and centering our ideas and concepts to design workspaces that attract talent and also aids in retaining them. We discussed the challenges that we face while trying to bring sustainability, wellness and commercial balance to a project.

It is never a one-size-fits-all solution and establishing priorities is, therefore, important and needs creative solutions. We will publish a full report on our website later this week so you can hear the views of each of our expert speakers.

The event was well-attended and the guests enjoyed the discussion and the networking that followed. Thanks to Actiu for hosting us on their amazing stand.

Thanks for the insightful and thought provoking content from May Fawzy, Director at MF Design Studio Ltd; Anja Schellenbauer, Associate Director, John Robertson Architects; Mark Eltringham, Publisher of Workplace Insight, IN Magazine and Works. Magazine; Susanne Brandherm, Geschäftsleitung I Managment, brandherm + krumrey interior architecture; Lisa Rosa Bräutigam, Founder and CEO, nuwo.