在英格兰研究署的资助之下，由伦敦大学玛丽王后学院（Queen Mary University of London, QMUL）主办的一个新的大学创业区在英国伦敦怀特查佩尔的QMB创新中心正式开放。这个由NBBJ设计完成的空间为QMB创新中心的数字健康、医学技术及人工智能等领域的创业公司带来了一系列灵活应变的办公空间。巧合的是，这座QMB创新中心也是由NBBJ设计并于2011年投入使用的。

玛丽王后创业区（QMEZ）为初创公司及小型企业的发展提供了空间，同时还强化了这所大学与企业机构之间的合作纽带。建筑地下层及夹层的翻新改造旨在为每位企业租户提供专用的办公空间，以及共享办公空间、会议室和用于打造协作包容型环境的配套设施。大面积的玻璃窗为办公桌、会议室、楼层与楼层之间带来了绝佳的视觉联系。

使用群体的体验与健康福祉是设计的关注重点。NBBJ选用绿植策略来确保休息空间的可视性，以及与室内所有办公区域之间的紧密毗邻性。休息空间拥有绿植、座椅以及自然采光。

为人们提供办公选择，通过提供不同的办公空间来满足人们的工作任务需要和不同程度的社交活动需要，其中包括办公隔间、会议区和休息区等。提供多样化的租赁面积选项，以满足直接从大学衍生出来的创业公司的需要：包括单人工位以及二人、三人及四人型办公室。设计方案具有内在灵活性：会议室的设计能够灵活变化，以便满足新增办公空间的需要，地下层办公室可灵活转变为实验室/创客空间。

A new University Enterprise Zone hosted by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and funded by Research England has just opened at the QMB Innovation Centre in Whitechapel, London. Designed by international architects NBBJ, the space provides a range of flexible and adaptable workspaces for digital health, med-tech and AI start-ups in the QMB Innovation Centre, a building also designed by NBBJ which opened in 2011.

The Queen Mary Enterprise Zone (QMEZ) provides space for start-ups and small businesses to grow whilst strengthening collaborative ties between Queen Mary and businesses. The refurbishment across the lower ground and mezzanine provides dedicated workspace for each tenant, as well as shared office spaces, meeting rooms and amenities fundamental to creating a collaborative and inclusive environment. Large glazed openings provide excellent visual connectivity from office desk, meeting rooms as well as between floors.

Occupant experience and wellbeing are the main focus of the design. NBBJ chose a green planting strategy to ensure the breakout spaces are visible and in close proximity to all working in the space. Breakout spaces have clusters of planting, seating and access to natural daylight.

Choice is provided with different workspaces to select from, to suit the task they are doing and the level of social activity needed, including pods, meeting spaces and breakout spaces. There are a variety of tenancy sizes to suit start-ups straight out of university: from individual workstations to two, three and four person offices. The design is inherently flexible: meeting rooms have been designed to flex to offices should additional office space be required, and the offices on the lower ground are changeable to laboratory/maker space.

Jayne Kelly, NBBJ Interior Design Director said: “We have designed a bright and calm space for young professionals, making the most of natural daylight and selecting light and natural tones to complement the elements of nature incorporated in the design.”

Dr. Ramsay Richmond, Executive Manager of the QMB Innovation Centre said: “The new QMEZ space will provide an incubator opportunity for many start-ups in a flexible, light-filled space, in close proximity to QMUL, a Russell Group university renowned for its research intensity.”

室内设计：NBBJ

项目管理：伦敦大学玛丽王后学院

服务工程师：NDY

施工单位：Clive Graham Associates
造价顾问：Fusion

专业摄影：Gareth Gardner

Interior Design: NBBJ

Project Manager: Queen Mary University of London

Service Engineer: NDY

Contractor: Clive Graham Associates

Cost Consultant: Fusion

Photographs: Gareth Gardner