Whether your exterior space is a two-story balcony, a rooftop office or an expansive courtyard, every successful outdoor workspace will contain features found in indoor office environments. Modern employees have become accustomed to working from a living room or home patio. This has made alternative workspaces a very real benefit.
Flexibility and variety are critical, and this begins with options for both collective and individualized exterior space, including multiple outdoor options, which can be a very attractive benefit that boosts productivity and employee morale. Power access and strong WiFi infrastructure are also essential considerations.
The most common type of outdoor space is the multi-tenant amenity terrace, which allows people from individualized office floors to access the outdoors for individual focus and meetings as well as other work- or social-related events. The functionality of these spaces has expanded to accommodate alternative work, connecting, meeting, conference, collaboration, event and dining venues. The challenge is to make an exterior amenity feel large enough and unified while being human scaled. This is best accomplished by supporting more intimately scaled areas around the periphery and along the terrace’s circulation patterns.