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Pandemic Footnotes on Office Design
Note: Not yet organized
Architizer
• Offices will still be needed
• De-densification – increased space, fewer desks
• But not increased area. Do more with less, not the other
way around.
• Shifts, alternate workdays
• Plexiglass dividers
• Touchless tech for doors, elevators. Was already
coming but speed up now
Architizer
• Distance markers, for sure
• One way hallways
• https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/stories/predi
ctions-post-pandemic-office-design/
Fortune
• The workplace is not going away. The benefits of the mix of
community, connectivity, culture, and spontaneity you get in
the workplace is simply irreplaceable.
• Meeting and gathering areas that are not in enclosed rooms
• Open plans have to be reimagined, hot desks may no longer
be a good idea
WE Forum
• Six feet rule as mandated by many governments
• Rise of closed plans
• Wayfinding
• Contactless tech
• Distancing tech (beacons tapping to mobiles, distancing devices)
• Wider corridors and doorways
• Fresh air – open windows or better AC
• Co-working spaces (WeWork, etc.) will decline even further
Gensler
• Rethink meeting spaces. Half capacity for conference rooms.
• Adding UV lights to air handlers can help purify air and contribute to a
safe and healthy indoor environment.
• Reuse flex spaces as permanent desks
• Shifts, skip desks
• Avoid hotdesks
• Shift work
• https://www.gensler.com/research-insight/blog/10-considerations-for-transitioning-back-to-work-in-a-post
Gensler
Gensler
• Rethink air-filtration systems, more fresh air
• More outdoor space, add plants inside
• Rethink floor plans
• Re-examine shared facilities, like toilets.
• Door-free like airport restrooms, or sensors.
Recode/Vox
• Sensors, touchless doors, elevators voice-activated
• No hotdesks
• WFH new normal
• Reversal of open plan. More space, hiatus on densification.
• More private offices. More distance between desks. Desks not facing each
other. Bottomline: distancing.
• Desk barriers, rise again of cubicles.
• Short term: barriers. Long term: distancing.
Recode/Vox
• Higher-quality air filtration systems
• Regular offices will likely take cues from health care design
• Copper fixtures
• Fabric that retains fewer germs and can more easily be cleaned
• More space in kitchens and bathrooms
• More attention paid to how far liquids can splash
• UV lighting to disinfect offices at night or meeting rooms in between uses
• Automation and voice technology
NY Times
• Over the past decade, the amount of space per office worker declined 25 percent
• The typical workstation of a decade ago — the cubicle — was 8 by 8 feet.
• By 2015, the workstation was down to 6 by 8 feet, and in recent years, the
contraction has continued.
• Benching — desks lined up side by side — has been another way workers have
been squeezed.
NY Times
• Coronavirus may focus attention on air circulation and filtering
• Six-foot radius around each employee
• Sensor-activated controls
• Smooth surfaces that are easy to wipe will be preferable to textured or porous
ones that could harbor germs.
• Copper and its alloys — including brass and bronze — have been shown to be
essentially self-sanitizing, able to kill bacteria and, early studies suggest, perhaps
even the coronavirus plaguing the planet.
NY Times
• Work from home and commute in for meetings.
• If companies do allow more of their employees to log in from home, some may
consider reducing their office footprint, which could have significant ramifications
for commercial real estate.
• But if the amount of space devoted to employee workstations and other functions
increases, demand for space could balance out.
Recommended Reading
• BBC News: This is What
Coronavirus Will Do To Our
Offices and Homes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/new
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Sources/Further Reading
• De Chiara, J. and Crosbie, M. (2001). Time Saver Standards for
Building Types (Fourth Edition). New York: McGraw Hill.
• Ramsey, C. and Sleeper, H. (1981). Architectural Graphic Standards.
Ed. Robert T. Packard. USA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. (2007). Planning and Urban Design
Standards. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Sources/Further Reading
• Margolies, J (2020). What Will Tomorrow’s Workplace Bring? More
Elbow Room, for Starters. New York Times. Online.
• Molla, R. (2020). This Is The End Of The Office As We Know It. Vox
Media. Online.
• Tranel, B. How Should Office Buildings Change in a Post-Pandemic
World? Gensler. Online.
• Woolum, J. (2020) 6 Predictions About Post-Pandemic Office
Design — And Why They’re Mostly Wrong. Architizer. Online.
Sources/Further Reading
• King, R. (2020) The Coronavirus Economy: How Office Layouts
Could Change For Good Because of The Pandemic. Fortune. Online.
• Kretcher, H. (2020) COVID-19: Is This What The Office of The Future
Will Look Like? World Economic Forum. Online.
• Schwab, K. (2019) Everyone Hates Open Offices. Here’s Why They
Still Exist. Fast Company. Online.
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