The project commenced in early 2019 with a brief phone call, outlining the need for a new office in Vienna for approximately 300 employees, ideally located in the 1st district. The new office was intended to provide a shared, new home for the three subsidiaries of NEW WORK SE, namely XING E-Recruiting, kununu, and Prescreen, as their strong growth had rendered the existing spaces inadequate.

Following an intensive search of the Viennese real estate market, we identified an ideal space in the former Rothschild bank building, most recently the headquarters of Erste Bank Austria.

This building, outwardly resembling a grand hotel and having stood as a steadfast witness to history for over 100 years, was now to become a home for new forms of work and a digital, young, and modern company.

To address the requirements and develop the office concept, we coined the term “dynamic office platform”. The aim was to make the company's dynamism visible within this venerable building and to infuse the office with movement. Even before the Corona pandemic, we interpreted the office of the future as a platform that offers employees a wide range of options, provides tools, and helps define the corporate culture. Thus, the office offers precisely what the home office can hardly provide.

In close collaboration with the client and with the involvement of employees, we have created an office space that allows both concentrated work and offers numerous different opportunities for collaboration and communication. The space is made unique by several galleries with different usage themes, the flexible multi-function room, and the huge, shielded roof terraces. The area thrives on ever-new impressions, changing visual axes, and various offerings within very short distances.