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I think the mix of introverts vs. extroverts is relevant, too. Generally, extroverts are energized by being around people, while introverts need some mental dow

I think the mix of introverts vs. extroverts is relevant, too. Generally, extroverts are energized by being around people, while introverts need some mental downtime to recharge their batteries. And at least for me, downtime is hard to come by while in the office.

soneca 14y ago
I always wondered about offices with "loneliness rooms". Not to sleep, or meditate, but to work. Some place where anyone can go if he/she don't want to be around other people. A mix of open spaces and discreet rooms, where you can go and people won't even notice you are going there. I wouldn't even put doors in there, not to be mistaken to a place where you hide. Just a very small room, with no space for hanging around, just one chair and desk. Thinking more about it, maybe open, gardened spaces, but with lonely chair-desks, which disposal and landacape shows it is suposed to be distant of eveything (so it isn't so claustrophobic as the first scenario I imagined)
- seanmcdirmid 14y ago
  We have focus rooms in our semi-open plan. They suck, they aren't fairly utilized and usually monopolized, or they are quickly turned into the service of other purposes (like store rooms or guest offices).
  - soneca 14y ago
    I imagine that must be hard to manage the use of the rooms. I think an open plan with distanced, isolated through architecture one-person workspaces might work better. But that demands a lot of space, must be hard to implement.
    - RougeFemme 14y ago
      I like that idea, but agree it would be hard to manage. First-come, first serve can still lead to monopolizing the room. There would need to be time limits, but again, that requires management. And if I'm in there and "on a roll", I would have to have to leave just because of a time constraint. Unless I could just go home and continue working.
  - enjo 14y ago
    In the open floor plan offices I've been in, those "focus rooms" quickly become de-facto offices for whoever can stake a claim to them first.
    - donw 14y ago
      Ideally, every pair gets their own space to work -- I'm not a big fan of open-plan offices. But, if you have to go down that road, you need to put some strict policies in place to ensure that the small meeting rooms don't become offices: 1. Rooms are strictly first-come, first-serve. 2. At the end of the week the room is cleaned and everything in it other than the base furniture is thrown out. Period. 3. The focus rooms provide no storage (no drawers or shelves). Just a desk, a whiteboard, two chairs for pairing, and either a display or a workstation.

soneca 14y ago

I always wondered about offices with "loneliness rooms". Not to sleep, or meditate, but to work. Some place where anyone can go if he/she don't want to be around other people. A mix of open spaces and discreet rooms, where you can go and people won't even notice you are going there. I wouldn't even put doors in there, not to be mistaken to a place where you hide. Just a very small room, with no space for hanging around, just one chair and desk. Thinking more about it, maybe open, gardened spaces, but with lonely chair-desks, which disposal and landacape shows it is suposed to be distant of eveything (so it isn't so claustrophobic as the first scenario I imagined)

seanmcdirmid 14y ago
We have focus rooms in our semi-open plan. They suck, they aren't fairly utilized and usually monopolized, or they are quickly turned into the service of other purposes (like store rooms or guest offices).
- soneca 14y ago
  I imagine that must be hard to manage the use of the rooms. I think an open plan with distanced, isolated through architecture one-person workspaces might work better. But that demands a lot of space, must be hard to implement.
  - RougeFemme 14y ago
    I like that idea, but agree it would be hard to manage. First-come, first serve can still lead to monopolizing the room. There would need to be time limits, but again, that requires management. And if I'm in there and "on a roll", I would have to have to leave just because of a time constraint. Unless I could just go home and continue working.
- enjo 14y ago
  In the open floor plan offices I've been in, those "focus rooms" quickly become de-facto offices for whoever can stake a claim to them first.
  - donw 14y ago
    Ideally, every pair gets their own space to work -- I'm not a big fan of open-plan offices. But, if you have to go down that road, you need to put some strict policies in place to ensure that the small meeting rooms don't become offices: 1. Rooms are strictly first-come, first-serve. 2. At the end of the week the room is cleaned and everything in it other than the base furniture is thrown out. Period. 3. The focus rooms provide no storage (no drawers or shelves). Just a desk, a whiteboard, two chairs for pairing, and either a display or a workstation.