Nammo
Wescott Office

Modern office design for aerospace company.

"Creating a branded look to manage the customer journey at Nammo, Westcott."

Our office design team was instructed by Nammo UK to design their office in a way that would engage visitors, prospective clients, and existing clients with a branded experience that celebrates British aerospace history. The office interior design scheme needed to instil in visitors a strong sense of the heritage and expertise of this leading provider of spacecraft propulsion solutions, which dates back to 1946.

The visitor journey takes them through the reception area and up to either the boardroom—which overlooks the rocket testing ground—or the event space.

A key component and strategy of the overall scheme, beyond the obvious interior design, is to engage visitors with the brand and heritage of both the company and the site. The Liqui office design team intentionally positioned important brand touchpoints and conversation pieces throughout the space, both at the core locations and along the way. This provides natural opportunities for discussions where current and future clients can learn about the Nammo brand and its history.

Merging historic design with modern solutions.

"We wanted to show confidence and authority through historic items and artwork throughout the interior."

These brand touchpoints vary throughout the space. The reception area features a bespoke coffee table made from rocket components. Complementing this, encased behind glass and mounted on walnut plinths, are rocket motors, giving visitors real-life engineering examples of what is manufactured on-site. Artwork has also been strategically placed throughout the space, from the reception area through the hallway and into the boardroom. Each piece features blueprints and engineering drawings of various components, providing an excellent showcase of the company’s technical expertise and engineering prowess.

In the boardroom, the centrepiece is the boardroom table, which dates back to the 1960s and was originally made on-site by the rocket engineers of the time. Our in-house joinery team has since brought the table up to date by integrating cable management and charging capabilities. This boardroom table was one of the key influences in our approach to the mid-century design concept.

A time walking customer journey from the past.

"We wanted the event space to feel unique but familiar, a showcase of aerospace lineage."

While the reception and boardroom are important parts of the client and visitor journey, it is the event space that has the biggest impact. As visitors pass through the double doors, they get the sense that they are stepping into a 1960s spaceport. We took inspiration from airport waiting lounges of the era and deliberately avoided an overly themed interior, steering clear of the more obvious futurist approach. Instead, the design pays homage to 1960s interior and architectural styles, echoing the history of rocket engineering in the UK.

The first thing visitors are likely to notice is the rocket installation suspended from the ceiling. The rocket was designed to be constructed in Liqui’s in-house workshop, assembled on-site, and hoisted into place. Flanking the rocket are meeting rooms and office spaces. The stud walls enclosing these areas reference mid-century architecture, with their buttresses and Crittall-style windows. Down the centre, soft, mid-century-style furniture further reinforces the 1960s spaceport/airport waiting lounge aesthetic.

Towards the back of the space, a self-contained hospitality station features drinks fridges, a coffee machine, and other catering equipment. During events, this is in full swing, serving guests.