With time, office designs have increasingly become less focused on functionality. That’s not to assume that commercial interior designers have begun promoting speculative designs. It simply means that providing enough space for team members and activities is no longer the only factor in office interior design. You need to provide a positive atmosphere that keeps employee motivated and boosts productivity.
Experience-Driven Rooms
More and more offices designs are springing to dedicate areas to office perks. These are spaces where employees can take a break, let off steam and enjoy activities with co-workers that are non-work related. For instance, built-in gyms, yoga and meditation areas, or even in-house masseuse rooms. To the sceptical minded, it may seem unnecessary or even a little unusual to include such spaces within a place of business, but the more you give to your employees, you’ll achieve better results.
Activity-Based Working
While employees can gain a feeling of comfort in continuously operating at the same desk in the same place day in and day out, this working behaviour is not always favourable to the different tasks they will need to undertake. It’s becoming more and more prevalent for office designs to offer employees a range of workstation choices. And Capstone professionals can help you with the same!
Biophilic Design
Earlier, office interior design has managed to create hygienic, unnatural environments. Fluorescent lighting, low roofs and confining partitions aren’t specifically a recipe for a welcoming workplace and so the continuing trend that will continue is biophilic design. This fashion of office design relies on natural elements such as fresh air, sunlight, indoor plants and natural colours and textures.
Brand Personality
Commercial interior designers are showing keen interest in building office spaces that exhibit a company’s brand. By infusing the personality of a brand into office design, a company can encourage a greater sense of association among its employees.
Free-Range Workspace
While this office design trend is somewhat related to the protection of egg-laying chickens, it does serve a comparable principle. It provides for restrictions to be broken down and for all workers, despite rank and department, to work inside one open space. The approach is similar to co-working spaces.
If you’re looking to revamp your office space and modify it into a workplace that allows employees to flourish, contact Office Fitout Professionals at Capstone today.
