We have both fixed cubicles and a central "worktable". See here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankspaces/2803672025/in/set-72157606194678109/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankspaces/2804517438/in/set-72157606194678109/
J ______________ BLANKSPACES "work wide open" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > Yes, we have two blocks of four desks pushed up against each other, > with a mix of FT and dropins at each. We also have two tables off to > the side, which is proving nice for folks who want to be social but > still want to maintain some privacy. > > Then we have a long dinner table for six, which is great for events, > lunch, and groups. One startup (Tripfilms.com) takes over the table > twice a week and has their whole team there working together. > > Diversity is definitely useful, but flexibility is paramount. Most > important, as always, is to be offering what your members want... > which, over the course of time, will change. > > Tony > New Work City > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected] > > wrote: > Depending on the desks you get, they can be pushed togehter like a > large table. That way, depending on the needs of the group, you can > get both effects. > > Our most recent configuration pushes together clusters of 3-4 desks > with a mix of full time spots + drop-ins, encouraging mix and > collaboration. Our members have been really enjoying it. > > CitizenSpace's dropin area is the same sort of thing, with a number > of desks making up a large shared work table. New Work City has a > table that fits 4-5 people at it too, right Tony? > > -Alex > > -- > ----- > -- > ----- > Alex Hillman > im always developing something > digital: [email protected] > visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com > local: www.indyhall.org > > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, evan <[email protected]> wrote: > > So we've been in our space for 2 weeks now and we started out just > getting a big folding table while we figure out furniture. We've been > trying to figure how how many desks we can fit in our relatively small > rooms. Unlikely many coworking spaces, we've got a house we're using, > so some of the rooms are smallish bedrooms. The total space is 2500 sq > ft. > > My question is this, have people tried / used central tables which are > shared by 3 to 6 people for coworking? We're thinking that upstairs > we'd put maybe central tables, on the main floor desks, and in the > basement which is more of a hang out space and where the meeting room > is, for couches. > > Has anybody tried this? Does it work well? What problems might we > run in to? > > thanks, > evan > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
