Commissioned by Woolworths Limited in August 2001, Woodhead were responsible for the masterplanning and architecture for the Woolworths Support Office.

The Support Office comprises approximately 36,000sqm of office space. The masterplan consists of three commercial buildings of 3-4 storeys in height, organised around and connected with a 2,500sqm central marketplace. The brief set by the client was to culturally unite the disparate support operations for this fiscally strong Australian company. These support operations were previously located in eight locations throughout Sydney. The evolution into one location aimed to connect all staff, centralise training facilities and create a workplace culture, together as one. The cultural statement of this consolidation process is evident in the built result. The office floorplates and marketplace encourage staff to communicate and interact, formally and informally.

The hybrid-ventilated marketplace combined off-the shelf components in an innovative fashion to achieve a cost effective and sustainable solution. The resulting greenhouse ratings achieved Australian industry best-practice