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I was thinking about this the other day, and I sat down and designed an office space for a company built around paired programming. The design is focused aroun

I was thinking about this the other day, and I sat down and designed an office space for a company built around paired programming. The design is focused around four-office bullpens like so: Two programmers share a 225 sqft office. Offices open into common spaces for collaboration and reception. Some sort of gatekeeper sit at a desk in the reception area, playing interference for anyone trying to interrupt programmers at work, either in their office or in a collaborative session. The offices themselves could have windows, and each bullpen would take up 1100 sqft or so. Here's a rough design of a bullpen: +---------------+----------+---------------+ office collab office +---------------+----------+---------------+ office reception office +---------------+----------+---------------+ entrance So, in a 2500 sqft space, you could provide a controlled work environment for 16 programmers.

logfromblammo 10y ago
I'd rather work in something like this (each char is about 4 ft high by 2 ft wide): ######@@@@####@@@@@@ # = 8'x12' office ######@@@@####@@@@@@ @ = 8'x12' office @@@@ @@@@#### #### % = 30"x6' tables (4) @@@@ %""""% #### = = wall @@@@ %%%%%% #### * = gatekeeper's desk #### @@@@ $ = 8'x14' kitchenette #### ====== @@@@ & = 8'x14' equipment #### @@@@ ^ = entry/egress &&&&&&& ** $$$$$$$ " = projection screen &&&&&&&**** $$$$$$$ ^^ That's 40'x40', but it also gives you space for the local printer, the fridge, sink, and microwave oven, and some local servers. The central area is about 16'x24', which is reasonable for 8 people, and cramped for 10. The accessible path is compliant with ADA guidelines, I think. I don't like shared offices. Outside of the basic 40'x40' pod, it would make sense for the kitchenettes to share a wet wall with bathrooms, and try to get at least one exterior window to the offices closest to the entry, like this: (each char is 10 ft high by 5 ft wide) ######## ######## # = 40'x40' office pod ######## ######## M = men's restroom (2+1) ######## ######## W = women's restroom (3) ########MMM######## . = corridor ................... ########WWW######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ########

logfromblammo 10y ago

I'd rather work in something like this (each char is about 4 ft high by 2 ft wide): ######@@@@####@@@@@@ # = 8'x12' office ######@@@@####@@@@@@ @ = 8'x12' office @@@@ @@@@#### #### % = 30"x6' tables (4) @@@@ %""""% #### = = wall @@@@ %%%%%% #### * = gatekeeper's desk #### @@@@ $ = 8'x14' kitchenette #### ====== @@@@ & = 8'x14' equipment #### @@@@ ^ = entry/egress &&&&&&& ** $$$$$$$ " = projection screen &&&&&&&**** $$$$$$$ ^^ That's 40'x40', but it also gives you space for the local printer, the fridge, sink, and microwave oven, and some local servers. The central area is about 16'x24', which is reasonable for 8 people, and cramped for 10. The accessible path is compliant with ADA guidelines, I think. I don't like shared offices. Outside of the basic 40'x40' pod, it would make sense for the kitchenettes to share a wet wall with bathrooms, and try to get at least one exterior window to the offices closest to the entry, like this: (each char is 10 ft high by 5 ft wide) ######## ######## # = 40'x40' office pod ######## ######## M = men's restroom (2+1) ######## ######## W = women's restroom (3) ########MMM######## . = corridor ................... ########WWW######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ########