Scott House is a flexible workspace located in London's Waterloo Station, that delivers a range of communal spaces and meeting rooms across three floors with a Japanese-inspired aesthetic.

Scott House, an award-winning co-working project for The Office Group that responds to its location.

BAA has used a Japanese-inspired approach to create a calm and peaceful working environment right next door to London's busiest station, Waterloo.

A robust 1200 x 1200 grid device has been used throughout the 2800sqm space to divide, frame, and highlight areas, creating feature paneling and square glazing. For the meeting rooms, the glazed areas are expanded, with reeded glass used at lower levels for privacy and to maximise light flow between spaces.

A serene materials palette has been used to convey a sense of tranquility. White tinted ash is used in all meeting room doors, with birch ply used for bespoke joinery items such as reception desks. Against this neutral canvas, individual meeting rooms have distinctive characters with brighter colours carried through to furniture and curtains.

During construction, an existing two-tone marble floor in the core stair was discovered and restores to its original state, and BAA has used additional marble accents for light pendants and furniture.

BAA wanted the entrance to resemble the main reception at second floor and achieved this by repeating similar elements, including the timber floor grid, with a light and darker timber edge, grey walls, and bespoke joinery units which echo the paneling used in the corridor. The lofty double-height space allowed for dramatic paper later pendants, while the Scandinavian furniture adds to the minimal, serene aesthetic.