Rapha

ID:SR Arke

After the concept design by Sheppard Robson, premium cycling apparel brand, Rapha, asked Arke and Salt & Pegram to design the new headquarter in North London. The furniture needed to embody the honesty and mechanics of the technical sportswear whilst capturing the creative design led ethos of the cycling pioneers. Rapha has a strong commitment to a more sustainable future and the brief reflected this. We were to explore the reuse of their existing furniture and the opportunity for using pre owned furniture where function could meet their strong aesthetic. New furniture was considered with sustainability being a contributing factor in its selection. All task furniture came from previous businesses and many of the loose furniture pieces had been pre loved. We calculated that we saved over 40,000kg of embodied carbon with no compromise on the quality of the deign.