The shelter belongs to a family of house-profile elements that will be grouped, rotated and scaled across the public realm. Outside, brightly coloured aluminium shingles pick up the tones of the surrounding planting and tie the structures to one another. Inside, paired glulam beams bring warmth, and built-in tables and chairs with armrests make space to meet, work and take calls. Among buildings this large, colour and planting do most of the work: these are the spaces made for people rather than offices. Getting it built was its own constraint. The site was ringed by live construction, so the shelter was prefabricated off site and assembled in a single concentrated phase. It completed in 2020, which made it one of the few sheltered outdoor places to meet once COVID restrictions arrived.