The movement toward a less rigidly structured office has been ongoing for some time. At first only the trendiest companies embraced the deconstructed office but in recent years, with the increasing popularity of demountable walls systems, it has really taken hold. Huffingtonpost.com takes a look at what is becoming the new norm and some of the reasons behind the trend.
The traditional office model – where executives inhabit the big corner offices and smaller spaces are carved out in proportion to employees’ status – is becoming a thing of the past. Executives now see themselves as part of a collaborative team. As startups develop products and applications to help the world run more efficiently, this consciousness is reflected in the way their spaces are designed. Sustainability, social responsibility and integrated technology are essential components to office design now and in the future.
The author then expands on the importance of those various components of contemporary office design as well as the concepts of openness and efficiency which buttress them. When you take a look at all 5 concepts however, you begin to realize how nicely they dovetail with the rise of the modular wall system. And that – in a classic case of the chicken or the egg – it can be difficult to determine exactly which development drove which: the open office driving the development of modular walls or modular walls driving the development of the more open office.
Clearly though, whichever came first, modular office walls have turned out to be exactly what the doctor ordered for offices, laboratories, schools and the convention industry worldwide for all 5 of the reasons the Huffington Post article enumerates:
Some people will say “We’ve had modular offices for 40 years. They’re called cubicles.” and they have a point; albeit a limited one. Because while cubicles certainly helped initiate a change in thinking away from the dark, monastic offices of the past, they never quite got it right. Instead of introducing flexibility and openness they simply created new, smaller fiefdoms that were just as averse to natural light, worker interaction and energy efficiency as the old plaster walls.
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