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OK, but for sure nobody introduces open space for creativity. Simply it is cheapest kind of office space, without walls you may use big space (lets say 25 m x 4
by przemelek 15y ago
OK, but for sure nobody introduces open space for creativity.
Simply it is cheapest kind of office space, without walls you may use big space (lets say 25 m x 40 m, so 1000 m^2 with windows on both longer walls) and place desks everywhere. With walls you will be able to use not more than 800 m^2, and probably even less because walls block light and this part in the middle of office with walls will be dark and you cannot set desks there.
Also air condition is cheaper.
Personally I loved solution used in Motorola, so cubicles with thick walls (about 10-15 cm of sponge or similar stuff) which has about 160-180 cm of height. Even people talking in normal way in corridor didn't interrupted you.
- edderly 15y agoGawd no. I've worked in a variety of environments and even a factory floor open plan office is better than cubicles. Cubicles in my experience promote even worse behavior like taking conference calls on speaker phones, I've never had to rely on using headphones more than in a cubicle farm. The walls of your cubicle can be a foot thick and it won't help the noise much.
- przemelek 15y agoNope, everyone was using headphones :-) Those was cubicles where in each corner 1 person has desk. So in one cubicle you had small team. But all persons was sitting in this way that they without turning wasn't able to see another people.