Hyundai Capital Australia Offices – Sydney
Sheldon Interiors designed and constructed Hyundai Capital’s new Macquarie Park workplace, integrating Korean HQ elements into a sophisticated office space while achieving a 5-Star Green Star rating.
Hyundai Capital chose Sheldon to design and construct their new and expanded Macquarie Park workplace, due to Sheldon’s experience across Macquarie Park’s latest buildings. This Architectus-designed building achieved a 5-Star Green Star rating.
Sheldon’s collaboration with Hyundai Capital involved meeting their Korean HQ team to ensure the design matched their global design guidelines and colour scheme, and paid homage to the industrial heritage of the brand, while meeting the requirements of the local team.
Sheldon’s design team had the flexibility to work with Hyundai Capital’s brief to achieve a tailored and sophisticated office space for the international company. The base build involved challenges including dark interior walls, exposed services on columns and column placement; Sheldon’s design cleverly works with these features.
This workplace makes an immediate impact from the moment of exiting the lifts. Acoustic battening lines the ceiling, floating above the reception space, while a banquette seat and glass brick wall separate the waiting area from the office behind. The glass brick is a nod to materials featured in the Korean HQ, allowing for privacy yet filtered light into the kitchen on the other side.
An expansive breakout area includes café style seating, a large kitchen island crafted by Sheldon’s joinery manufacturing division, and an industrial feel. The blue, grey and yellow tones throughout align with Hyundai’s global design guidelines. Integrated planter boxes add lush greenery to the space, which flows onto the outdoor terrace. The sun-baked private rooftop terrace is an inviting space for employees to enjoy their breaks and fresh air, directly off the main kitchen.
The back of house spaces include a range of meeting rooms, open plan workstations and collaboration points, as well as a modular conference room. This space involves an operable wall as well as modular tables that can all be moved to suit different needs and configurations. A boardroom and smaller private offices complete the diversity of spaces within this workplace. Hyundai required dedicated offices for heads of departments, while their respective teams are located at workstations nearby.
Many of the desks are built into joinery planter units, providing a lush green division between desks, while others are separated by acoustic panelling. The extensive planting and division of spaces caters to neurodiverse employees and allows for focused work. A calm multi-purpose room also provides a space for retreat or privacy.
Design: Sheldon Interiors
Photography: Simon Whitbread
