{"id":2095,"date":"2025-01-07T21:15:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/index.php\/projekte\/value-one-ein-buero-zum-streicheln\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:55:11","slug":"value-one-ein-buero-zum-streicheln-2","status":"publish","type":"projekte","link":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/projects\/value-one-ein-buero-zum-streicheln-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Value One: An Office to Caress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group info-box\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul>\n<li>The client is a real estate developer.<\/li>\n<li>The company develops projects across Europe and comprises several sub-groups.<\/li>\n<li>theLivingCore has created an organizational master plan describing the future core processes of the organization and, based on this, a space program for the new office.<\/li>\n<li>The design studio Marcel Wanders translated this space program into architecture, and the company leveraged the potential of the core processes in its culture. The new offices at the renovated grandstands at Krieau now work as a functional and enjoyable workplace for the employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">When we started cooperating with the real estate developer Value One in 2016, the priorities were clear. This client was expecting something unique and attached great importance to details. We took this as an invitation to challenge the Value One team in a positive way. After all, the task was to develop a master plan for the company\u2019s strategic direction and then translate it into core organizational processes and a new spatial concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">Six years later, we at theLivingCore feel confident that we have achieved much together. The international orientation of Value One is progressing, the group\u2019s companies are working together in a more integrated way, and the renovated Grandstands 2 and 3 at Krieau can be described as the highlight of successful strategic positioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">After the opening of Grandstand 2 in 2020, we wanted to let some time pass before visiting the new office spaces. In the weeks following such an opening, there is always great hype and much praise. However, whether an office really works for people and moves the company forward can only be determined after some time. Thus, in July 2022, we visited Sabine M\u00fcller, our main point of contact during the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/vlaue-one-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <figcaption>&nbsp;<\/figcaption> \n<\/figure>\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">It may sound banal, but even arriving at the garage was special: clear markings, plenty of space, short distances, and brightness are things sorely missed elsewhere \u2013 here they come with implicitness. I leave the cars behind me and walk along the trotting track towards Grandstands 2 and 3. I watch the horse-drawn carriages making their rounds on the trotting track as they do every day, listen to the quiet of the Gr\u00fcner Prater, and perceive the mix of big-city buildings, housing, and working within the greenery as quite successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">The grandstands seem almost like an entrance gate to the forest. When you enter, your eyes immediately roam toward the sky through a colorful roof that casts a play of light on the ground. \u201cIt\u2019s based on a hot air balloon,\u201d says Sabine M\u00fcller, who manages the Innovation and Development department at Value One and welcomes us in the entrance hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">In general, the entire building is filled with stories about the trotting track, the former hunting grounds of the Austrian emperor, as well as about Value One\u2019s own history and ambition, namely to create something special and bring beauty to a city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">And beautiful it is. Have you ever been in a building that you wanted to caress permanently? We found ourselves doing something that we thought we would never do. We were in the restroom \u2013 stroking the walls. Do you think that\u2019s odd? Please, visit the Value One office building and go to the toilets there. Then you will understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/value-one-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <figcaption>&nbsp;<\/figcaption> \n<\/figure>\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">Love, embedded in every smallest detail, runs through the entire office space. In one of the meeting rooms, we met Heide Schicht, the project manager who helped plan the building through all the smallest details over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">It is quite an art to design meeting rooms functionally while giving them a \u201csoul\u201d and personality. It needs more than stereotypically painting \u201cCreative Space\u201d or \u201cOpen Minds\u201d on the doors. You need to proceed more subtly: different surfaces such as wood-paneled walls, heavy doors, and special carpets; every room looks different, but everything fits together \u2013 like \u201cpralines in a box of chocolates,\u201d Sabine M\u00fcller says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">Of course, I am particularly pleased when she remarks: \u201cWe can still feel your touch here.\u201d What does she mean by that? For example, the room concept we worked out was adopted both functionally and aesthetically, and the design guidelines were implemented in a later collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcelwanders.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Marcel Wanders<\/span><\/a>. Besides that, some of our naming for the individual zones was adopted too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">However, the most valuable for us as theLivingCore is that the organizational changes we proposed and developed together with the employees are reflected in the spatial constellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">About two hundred people now work at Value One, even though the new office is designed for hundred and forty people. This shows us another aspect of our work that has taken off \u2013 promoting a new way of working that aims at project-oriented, self-organized work in teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/value-one-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <figcaption>&nbsp;<\/figcaption> \n<\/figure>\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">What sounds familiar and well-known because of the experiences with COVID-19 was far from reality six years ago. Remote working, flexible working places, and trust in the employees\u2019 ability to organize their work productively and meaningfully together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">Sabine M\u00fcller says: \u201cWe are all in the home office about two to three days a week. COVID-19 has made a big difference here. We also have many areas throughout the building where people can sit down without fuss \u2013 indoors and outdoors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">One such outdoor area has particularly stuck in my mind: if you step out of the ground floor towards the Gr\u00fcner Prater, you find yourself on the terrace next to an artificially made pond. A bridge leads over it, and after a short walk across the meadow, you reach another outdoor area modeled after an aviary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">Towards the end of our meeting, one question remains: \u201cThe shell and interior of the grandstand are incredible, but how do the people who work here live the \u201cspirit\u201d that Value One conveys so impressively through its new building?\u201d Sabine M\u00fcller says: \u201cIt is a challenge not to stop at the \u201chappiness office.\u201d We want to be a place where employees can live their purpose in harmony with the company\u2019s purpose. The question of how we can do that even better is definitely occupying us as an employer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"p1\">It is a very challenging question \u2013 especially in a world that is determined by complex events and confronts many people with the question, \u201cHow do I want to work?\u201d. Many leaders have been asking us how to deal with this ever-changing nature of the post-pandemic world. And you can find many of the answers in our new book, The Enjoyable Company, available for download\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enjoyable-company.org\/\"><span class=\"s1\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The client is a real estate developer. The company develops projects across Europe and comprises several sub-groups. theLivingCore has created an organizational master plan describing the future core processes of the organization and, based on this, a space program for the new office. The design studio Marcel Wanders translated this space program into architecture, and &#8230; <a title=\"Value One: An Office to Caress\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/projects\/value-one-ein-buero-zum-streicheln-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Value One: An Office to Caress\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2043,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2095","projekte","type-projekte","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekte\/2095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekte"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projekte"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekte\/2095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2271,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekte\/2095\/revisions\/2271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.egm.at\/www.thelivingcore-original.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}