RETAIL ACADEMY

The 10,000 sqft space is to provide training space as part of the new Westfield Stratford City Shopping centre to promote and foster employment skills of local people to be employed in the centre.

WAM responded with a clear rational design which provided training rooms and a “mock-shop”, but encapsulated a less classroom style and introduced a more collaborative environment, with a café space. This quality of space has meant that the Academy will be more flexible, responsive and user-friendly than originally envisaged.

The Retail academy will be a major resource to the shopping centre and to the community, bringing benefits to both.

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MULTI-FAITH SPACE

WAM have worked on a variety of projects and the multi-faith project is a good example of being able to bring fresh-thinking to create something special.

Located in the new Westfield Stratford City Shopping centre, adjacent to the Olympic site – the space was to perform the difficult task of being welcoming to users, both non-religious and religious and from various faiths, to provide contemplation and calmness away from the retail environment.

This is achieved by a subtle split of the area into a reconfigurable main space and a smaller “side space” which has a multi-facetted timber ceiling with discrete lighting.

Axonometric views





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