Schneider Electric Zurich

Schneider Electric is a global leader in electrical distribution, automating and digitalising industries worldwide. Woodalls designed and delivered the company's new Zurich workplace at The Circle, a landmark central location, covering workplace strategy, spatial planning and interior architecture to create a bold, interactive space built around how Schneider's teams come together.

Location

Zurich, CH

Project Size

[To be confirmed]

Industry

Energy

Construction Duration

[To be confirmed]

An interactive workplace built around the team

The brief called for an interactive workplace that brings together many different elements and puts team areas at its heart. Schneider Electric wanted a space that would actively encourage people back into the office to collaborate face to face, a key goal for management, rather than simply providing desks. The environment needed to balance professionalism with genuine warmth, expressing the brand's forward-thinking, sustainable identity. Bespoke zoning and considered acoustics let teams gather, meet and demonstrate without friction, creating something distinctly Schneider: confident, industrial and built for togetherness.

The reception and arrival area gives an immediate sense of Schneider's brand identity, balancing professionalism with warmth in a vibrant environment that embodies the company's forward-thinking, sustainable approach.

Schneider Electric is a global leader in electrical distribution, automating and digitalising industries worldwide. Woodalls designed and delivered the company's new Zurich workplace at The Circle, a landmark central location, covering workplace strategy, spatial planning and interior architecture to create a bold, interactive space built around how Schneider's teams come together.

The industrial character celebrates the building's infrastructure rather than concealing it. Curved seating, flowing acoustic ceiling panels and textured finishes soften the raw structure into a tactile, inviting space for the team.

Schneider Electric is a global leader in electrical distribution, automating and digitalising industries worldwide. Woodalls designed and delivered the company's new Zurich workplace at The Circle, a landmark central location, covering workplace strategy, spatial planning and interior architecture to create a bold, interactive space built around how Schneider's teams come together.

Natural moss and forest greens run through the space, complementing the warm oak floors. Generous white surfaces contrast against the planting, letting the greens stand out and keeping the palette fresh and grounded.

Schneider Electric is a global leader in electrical distribution, automating and digitalising industries worldwide. Woodalls designed and delivered the company's new Zurich workplace at The Circle, a landmark central location, covering workplace strategy, spatial planning and interior architecture to create a bold, interactive space built around how Schneider's teams come together.

Where teams gather, meet and demonstrate

At the centre of the office, the long table is the natural meeting point of the workplace. It creates a distinctive, come-as-you-are setting where teams can sit down together without thinking twice about finding a room, encouraging the spontaneous, face-to-face collaboration the business wanted to bring back. Elsewhere, the whiteboard zone is a dedicated 'watch and learn' space to demonstrate, sketch and work through ideas side by side. Bespoke zoning and finely tuned acoustics let focused conversation and lively group work happen at once, making getting together effortless.