InventaLabs

The project brings laboratory and office functions into the same adapted building, so the internal spaces needed to feel connected rather than treated as separate worlds. Optima 117 Plus creates a clear glazed threshold, allowing visibility between the technical and workplace areas while still giving the room its own defined edge.

This helps the fit-out feel more open and legible. In a building designed for research, collaboration and shared use, the glazing gives people a clearer sense of activity beyond the room, turning the frontage into part of the working environment rather than a simple division.

The Edge Symmetry leaf-and-a-half door set gives the entrance more flexibility than a standard single door. Set within a Microflush frame and completed with a pull handle, it provides a clean, practical threshold suited to regular use within a laboratory and office environment.

The leaf-and-a-half arrangement also suits a building where spaces may need to accommodate different types of users and movement throughout the day. It provides a more generous opening when required, while keeping the day-to-day appearance of the entrance simple and controlled.

Inventa’s refurbishment involved significant changes to the existing structure, including new internal floorspace, upgraded building fabric, new services and improved visitor facilities. The Optima package sits within that wider transformation, contributing a simple, precise glazed detail to a building shaped around research, collaboration and innovation.

The result is a compact but carefully resolved installation. Optima 117 Plus and Edge Symmetry provide transparency, definition and a clean architectural finish within a project that gives new purpose to an existing Oxford building.