Reception Desk Installation [Brandon Leisure Centre]

About This Project

Reception Desk Installation [Brandon Leisure Center]

Our regular contractor Creatability was working on a large refurbishment project at the Brandon Leisure Centre and contacted us to design and manufacture a new reception desk for the centre’s entrance area. Brandon Leisure Centre is a dynamic place that offers space for different fitness classes, meeting rooms, a function room and a café bar. Because of this wide variety of activities in the centre, there are a lot of visitors coming through the entrance doors every day that approach the reception desk with a question, or at least walk past it on the way to their appointment. A reception desk is the first thing people see when they walk into a building, and first impressions are often lasting impressions. Therefore the new desk has to impress the visitors and reflect the image Brandon Leisure Centre has created for themselves. The place where the desk had to be placed was pre-determined, so we had to make sure the desk would fit in that particular space. Our design team decided that the best way to achieve the fit-out of such a specific desk would be to go for modular counter units and adapt them carefully, creating a bespoke solution that met the size and shape requirements set by the company. The reception desk consists of four straight separate units, including 3 high counters and 1 lower counter that complies with the Disability Discrimination Act, allowing the reception desk to be accessible to visitors in a wheelchair. The high counter units are topped with a glass shelf, and behind the desk there is plenty of space for several receptionists to move around and work comfortably at the same time. The new reception desk has contributed to changing the entrance hall into a welcoming area for the visitors of Brandon Leisure Centre.