The best novel workplace designs are focusing on green issues,says Suzanne BearneHave fun, lose the clear-desk policy creating a happier workplace The rise of technology has sounded the death knell (the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death) for the traditional office. We can now work from home or a coffee shop, and hire a studio in a communal workspace alongside other startups,or work from an office operating a hot-desk policy, where desks are shared and not allocated to one person. As companies become more portable, and the concept of office space is being revoutionised. One company tapping into the trend is The Office Group (TOG),which leases more than 20 offices and working spaces to anyone from freelancers to medium-sized businesses. “As people continue to work in a more mobile way, there’s a greater need for companies and individuals to drop into different places, or ” says TOG co-founder Charlie Green.nowadays’s novel crop of innovative offices are not only catering to a mobile workforce,but also ensuring their designs are highly sustainable. Take the forthcoming White Collar Factory in Old Street, London. Here the central environmental aim is to reduce the level of mechanical air conditioning through the employ of chilled water circulated through pipes embedded in the concrete slabs (frigid slabs). Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com