Shared Coworking Space- Five Tried & Tested Shared Office Designs

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Shared Coworking Space- Five Tried Tested
Shared Office Designs
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Co-working spaces are known to be creative,
flexible environments that encourage working
together. So, how does a co-working space achieve
this? Thats an easy question to answer. More
than the people in a shared office workspace, or
the companies that rent co-working spaces, its
the design of the office that encourages
interaction.
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Co-working spaces are brightly lit, with a vastly
open floor plan and spaces where people can
congregate whenever they feel they need to. For
someone from a traditional office space, moving
to a co-working space is like stepping out of a
cage to find the savannah stretching to the
horizon ahead of them. Thats the difference
between the two.
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Traditional office spaces are very confining,
with steady lighting that is almost clinical in
nature, cubicles that make the office seem
closed-off and confine employees and encourage
little to no interaction between employees beyond
team members, if even that occurs. Thats where
co-working spaces are different. The entire
workspace is designed from the ground up with one
purpose in mind to be more open, interactive and
lively. Read on to find out some common design
elements that can be found in any co-working
space.
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Natural Lighting

• A common element that makes any workspace better
  is natural lighting. While ambient lighting to
  set the tone is all well and good, nothing beats
  the sun for providing the right kind of lighting
  that can make any space brighter and more
  people-friendly. Natural lighting, whether its
  direct or reflected is energizing and helps boost
  creativity and positive thinking. We might not be
  Superman but, its been proven that sunlight
  definitely gives us a boost.

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Colours

• Colours play an important part of our daily
  lives. Whether its in a presentation, in our
  food or in the clothes we wear, colours add a
  sense of vibrancy, reflect our moods and so much
  more. Both observational experience and confirmed
  studies have proved the effects different colours
  have on us. Brighter colours make us happier,
  intense, vibrant colours convey a sense of energy
  and drive while other colours can evoke a calming
  sense of peace.

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Colours in a co-working space have many uses
they define spaces, adding virtual separations
without restricting members they can define
roles in office workspaces, like one colour for a
tech team, and another for the marketing
division. The possibilities and uses of colours
in a shared co-working space are endless. They
can even be used to simply accentuate a workspace.
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Ambience

• In most restaurants, the ambience is a large part
  of the experience. The same is true for a
  co-working space too. Designing an open, flexible
  office is good but, without any activity, a
  workspace can seem incredibly dull. Having a
  constant hum of activity, with the option for
  silence when needed is a tried-and-tested way to
  boost creativity.

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The low hum of conversation, the sound of people
shuffling around the co-working space lends
energy and vibrancy to a workspace environment.
The activity in a workspace is directly
proportional to the creativity it engenders.
Having a certain amount of ambient noise gives
off a sense of action, a dynamic that can
motivate and drive employees and members of a
co-working space.
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Safe and Sound

• Most co-working spaces are open 247, with
  members able to come and go as they please,
  working whenever they want. This though, leads to
  a need for improved security. You might be the
  only person working in a co-working space late at
  night. Thats when you become aware of your need
  for security.

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All co-working spaces come with a good amount of
security and regulations aimed at making shared
co-working spaces secure for all their members.
Co-working spaces usually allow free access only
to their permanent members. Co-working spaces
also respect privacy, despite being known as open
workspaces. Members in a co-working space can get
personal lockers for their important belongings
too.
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The Culture Club

• Co-working spaces are defined as open and
  flexible workspaces for everyone. There is a line
  however. The point of an open co-working space is
  to encourage interaction with other members of
  the office space. True interaction cant be
  achieved if the co-working space doesnt respect
  cultural differences.

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A co-working space is meant to be accessible and
friendly to people from different walks of life
so, a degree of cultural sensitivity and a line
drawn in the sand of openness will be appreciated
more than just a blanket do whatever you want
rule. Co-working spaces should be open to
everyone, regardless of the community they belong
to, the religion they follow or any other
criteria and, providers of co-working spaces
should be aware enough to account for them when
creating their workspace.
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