The Commons by Design Office
Set across two levels in a vibrant inner-city Sydney precinct, The Commons Surry Hills is a workspace that encourages connection while fostering creativity. The Commons’ suite of spaces facilitates and enhances modern co-working patterns for its creative community, providing diverse areas for work, rest and play. The design centres on the vertical relationships between volumes, embracing the building's raw bones and taking advantage of its unique shopfront and high concrete ceilings with a new mezzanine. Tiered seating, elevated street-facing hot desks and a sunken lounge share dynamic spatial interplay, connecting to the ground floor cafe through a focal staircase.meeting rooms and collaboration spaces, while a cafe, cinema, and tea room add a hotel-like sensibility. This dynamic, raw and coherent space is shaped in materials that endure and elegantly wear in, creating an environment that sustainably enhances the original fabric for years to come.
