Looking to take over a new tenancy underneath their old Auction Room, the owner contacted Bubble Interiors with a brief to explore better utilisation of space, and to create something new and different.

We took the staff through a briefing process and established that the key to new premises would be flexibility.

There was no point having a large Auction Room that sat empty for the majority of the week, so we suggested the idea of Auction “Lounge” that could be reconfigured into a traditional assembly style set up for their main Auction once a week, but that could otherwise function more like a “Koru Lounge” where staff and clients would feel welcome to come and go in a space more like a cafe, with enclosed meeting spaces and phone booths, but also a variety of open informal meeting settings where they could touch down with a laptop or phone, host casual meetings, or catch up with colleagues in a far more ad hoc manner, more suited to their busy business.

The light and airy space was inspired by the sand dunes and the ocean around the corner with lots of plants bringing the space to life just like they do in the dunes. A few pops of colour here and there resemble the changing sky at dawn and dusk.

Main Contractor: Total Fitouts
Lighting: Enhance, Mr Ralph
Flooring: Tretford
Furniture: Harrows, ISSA, Kovacs, Modern Office
Custom Artwork: Jasmine Kroeze
Planting: Theo Spargo
Photography: Jay Drew