The brief
Tesco needed a venue for a two-day executive leadership strategic offsite that could hold a focused workshop day, then transition cleanly into a private dinner and social evening for the same group. The brief called for a discreet, non-corporate environment away from a head-office or hotel context, with the production infrastructure to support a keynote and structured workshop sessions, and the kitchen and terrace to support a hosted dinner. As a UK supermarket leadership team, the group required privacy, reliable AV for confidential strategic content, and a layout that signalled the offsite was a deliberate change of context rather than another meeting room.
Why The Designer's Penthouse
Four reasons the venue suited a two-day leadership offsite.
- **Privacy on arrival.** A private entrance and direct goods-lift access mean guests step out of the lift into the event space with no shared corridor, no other tenants, and no front-of-house. Discretion is built into the access route.
- **A single space that flips from workshop to dinner.** The same 250 m² floor goes from theatre-style keynote to workshop clusters on day one, then into a seated dinner layout for the evening of day two, without the group changing venue.
- **85" 4K display with ClickShare and ceiling audio.** A keynote-grade AV setup is built in, with even speaker coverage across the room and wireless presentation for any laptop on the team.
- **35 m² rooftop terrace for the social moments.** Drinks before dinner on a private terrace with skyline views gives the evening the change of pace that a leadership offsite needs.
How the space was used
Day one ran as the working day. The morning opened in a theatre layout facing the 85" display for a keynote and strategic framing session, with ceiling audio carrying the presenter cleanly across the room. After the keynote, the room was reset into workshop clusters across the loft floor, with three breakout groups working in parallel and the terrace available as an additional outdoor breakout space. Whiteboards and flip charts moved between groups through the afternoon, and the kitchen handled coffee and a brought-in working lunch.
Day two opened in a boardroom configuration for a tighter session with the senior team around a single table, with the 85" display at the head of the room. The afternoon held a wrap-up and a short series of presenter-led readouts, returning to a theatre layout.
The evening of day two ran as a hosted private dinner. The dining area was reset into a long-table dinner layout for the leadership group, with the kitchen used by an external caterer working from the on-site oven, hob, fridge, and prep surfaces. The terrace held drinks before dinner and an after-dinner break, with smart lighting in the loft dialled down to a warm evening tone. The 8-zone ceiling speaker system carried background music at a considerate level through the dinner.
Equipment used
Items drawn from the on-site catalogue likely to feature on a two-day leadership offsite:
- 85" 4K display with ClickShare wireless presentation for keynote and breakout readouts (included)
- 8-zone ceiling speaker system for keynote audio and dinner background music (included)
- Speaker Kit with Microphone and Reading Desk for the presenter on day one
- RGB LED Panel Kit for accent lighting during the dinner and drinks on the terrace
- 1 Gbps dedicated broadband for the team's connections and any remote dial-ins (included)
- Modular furniture for theatre, workshop-cluster, boardroom, and long-table dinner layouts (included)
- Smart lighting ceiling array with full RGB and tunable white control for evening atmosphere (included)
Result / takeaway
The penthouse held the full two-day offsite — keynote, workshop, boardroom session, and private dinner — without the group changing venue or losing the sense of a single, deliberately chosen environment. The private arrival route and fifth-floor setting gave the leadership team the discretion the agenda required, and the kitchen and terrace turned the social evening into a hosted dinner rather than a hotel function. The space carried both the working content and the social close.