
Client
Media City UK
Size
8,400 sqft
Location
Salford Quays, Manchester UK
Sector
Commercial Office
Role
Interior Design

Content Studio,
Creative Production & Co-working Hub
Designed as a hybrid creative engine room, this 8,400 sq ft studio space brings together professional-grade facilities and a highly flexible spatial strategy. The brief called for more than just a functional environment — it needed to be intuitive, inspiring, and community-driven. Our approach was to create a space that caters equally to solo creators, production teams, and growing media brands.
The layout is organised around a series of adaptable zones: fully equipped podcast rooms, light and dark visual studios, co-working and breakout areas, green rooms, and acoustic booths — each one designed to support seamless transitions between ideation, production, and editing.
Materiality plays a key role in setting the tone. An industrial base palette of exposed concrete and metalwork is softened with acoustic fabrics, warm timber, and ambient lighting to create a space that feels grounded, not clinical. Modular furniture systems and moveable partitions allow teams to reconfigure the space as needed — a crucial feature for fast-paced content creation.
This isn’t just a studio — it’s a creative ecosystem built around accessibility, collaboration, and the evolving demands of modern media.