3D visualization of Zoom headquarters lobby with curved seating and LED wall

Zoom London: The Office of Tomorrow, Today

Zoom London Engagement Hub

We partnered with Unispace to visualize Zoom's immersive London Engagement Hub. The goal was to showcase how physical space bridges the gap between remote and in-office work. This project required high-fidelity rendering to accurately depict the interplay of dynamic lighting and digital screens.

Software

3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Photoshop

Year

2024

Location

London, UK

Timeline

3 weeks

About This Project

Project Overview

This project represents the future of hybrid work. Located in London, the Zoom Engagement Hub is not just an office; it is an experience center designed to immerse visitors in Zoom's ecosystem. Our task was to translate architectural concepts into photorealistic visuals before construction began. We focused heavily on the 'Lens Wall' and the 'Discovery Showcase', ensuring that the materials, lighting temperatures, and spatial flow communicated the brand's innovative spirit to the client.
Project Overview
Selling an experience centre before it was built
The brief

Selling an experience centre before it was built

Unispace came to us with a brief most fit-out pitches would struggle with: sell Zoom on a 15,000 square foot London experience centre that did not exist yet. The Zoom Engagement Hub was never meant to read as an ordinary office. It was a statement about hybrid work, and two spaces carried it, the Lens Wall and the Discovery Showcase, both of which live or die on how light and digital screens are handled.

That is exactly the kind of job office 3D visualization exists for. We built the scheme in 3ds Max and lit it in Corona Renderer, paying particular attention to the colour temperature where the architectural lighting met the glow of the screens, the detail that makes a space like this feel real rather than rendered. We ran it the way we run every pitch: a tight loop of camera, materials and lighting, 15 high-resolution frames across 3 revision rounds, faithful to the design Unispace and Zoom had set rather than our own interpretation of it.

The work was delivered in 21 days, and the feedback came back on the thing that matters most: the team was really happy with how the lighting turned out, especially the boardroom shots, and said it looked exactly like what they had envisioned. When a render lands the lighting and the materials, the client stops judging the picture and starts believing the building. That is how office CGI wins a pitch, and getting a brand-led space exactly right is the discipline behind workplace branding in CGI.

Key Metrics

Project Results

15000sqft

Total Area

15+

High-Res Renders

3

Revision Rounds

21

Days Delivered

"Thanks for sending these over. The team is really happy with how the lighting turned out, especially in the boardroom shots. It looks exactly like what we envisioned. Great work on the textures as well."

Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson

Design Lead, Unispace
Technical Workflow
Our Process

Technical Workflow

We break down complex architectural plans into manageable visualization stages. This ensures every texture, light source, and camera angle aligns with the design intent while maintaining photorealism throughout the production pipeline.
We analyzed the CAD plans and mood boards, identifying key areas like the Lens Wall that required higher polygon counts for detail. We confirmed camera angles to maximize spatial depth.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you render digital screens realistically?

We use self-illuminated materials combined with texture mapping that includes pixel grids. This prevents the image from looking flat and adds realistic glare and bloom effects relative to the scene lighting.

Frequently Asked Questions