Wings Financial, Apple Valley, MN

Banking differently

Wings Financial embarked on a journey to develop a corporate campus. Ideas about how the financial workplace could look, feel and function differently took flight. A new vision was set for a sophisticated and employee-focused work environment. 

“We needed to unify a fractured group by removing walls, physically and metaphorically...This first phase has truly demonstrated how workplace design has effected interdepartmental collaboration and efficiency.”
—Tom Schuenke
VP of Administration & Facilities

A NEW VISION

Adapting to Modern teams

While Wings had previously transitioned their offices from high, divided workstations to a lower horizon, the individual spaces were overly generous and didn’t provide as many collaborative spaces as needed. In this update, advanced, collaborative & connected design, furniture and technology solutions emerged from the design team of Pope Architects, furniture & technology team of iSPACE, and the Wings Financial leadership team.

Collaborators

Design: POPE Architects
GC: The Bainey Group

Photographer

Nate Johnson | © Nate Johnson Studio

Featured manufacturers

Furniture: Teknion, Studio TK
Technology: Crestron, NEC, Shure, Biamp

Take a Deeper Dive

Furniture

The focus on flexibility–and employee choice and control–ensured that all 85 dedicated workstations would allow for ergonomic adjustability with height adjustable desks, dual monitor arms and the user friendly Nuovo Contessa task chair from Teknion. Collaboration would now take place in the dedicated workstations or in a variety of styled and sized, open and enclosed meeting rooms. With 2.4 seats per person on the floor, work postures and options are substantial.

Technology

Technology upgrades assured that each enabled location operated similarly, minimizing training and troubleshooting setbacks. Utilizing AirMedia to share content wirelessly and Video-Over-IP solutions to link all shared televisions, the opportunity to connect throughout the workplace skyrocketed. Everyone has laptops and the floor is fully Wi-Fi enabled. The environment fully supports their choice to work anywhere.

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