Santander Digital Hub

LOM architecture and design, FDP’s sister company, is working with Santander and global developer Osborne+Co to design a new workplace in the business district of Central Milton Keynes, UK.

The Santander Digital Hub will be a centre for digital banking innovation, nurturing collaboration and wellbeing in the workplace, while also enhancing the city with new public amenities. It is a response to the digitalisation of the banking sector and is part of the bank’s strategy to adapt to changing technology.

The hub will bring together Santander’s employees, who are currently spread across four offices. The eight-storey tall building will provide an enhanced working environment for staff and 5,000 workstations.

Designed to help connect the bank with the community, the scheme will provide publicly accessible retail, food and beverage space, an auditorium, a community hall, Santander bank branch and co-working space.

LOM has designed the building to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating for its environmental sustainability performance and a WELL ‘Gold’ Certification, which is a measure of the building’s impact on health and wellbeing.

The digital hub is expected to open in 2022.