I think the following, which we don't necessarily have in our biz model: 1. 24/7 access 2. permanent desks/offices 3. very affordable, even though at say, $500/month only translates to about 1-2 billable hours per week 4. large plotter. It'll be tough to justify providing this unless you get many more who'd need it. 5. a place for their books and product library, and even storage. This is a pretty large real estate footprint that they might not end up "paying" for. 6. large workspace for their model building, large drawings, etc. While they might be very digital, a lot is still on paper, and very large paper at that.
I would say that collaboration, bringing people together, and all that feel-good stuff is ideal and beneficial. I just think that of all the office workers, architects will consume relatively the most amount of real estate and resources, and will typically pay the least for that. Video editors might be up there, too, but at least you could upcharge them on their technology requirements like bandwidth, etc. Jerome ______________ 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 Aug 12, 2009, at 12:41 AM, Ralf Lippold wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > > Thanks for your comments on architects and their willingness to > join CoWorking spaces. > > On Aug 10, 8:19 pm, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, you'd think coworking would be ideal, but they'd rather isolate >> themselves in a hole than pay any money for overhead. Such is the >> reality in GENERAL. > > I wonder what is the "blind spot" that they are not aware of? Bringing > all > the different entrepreneurs (architects are for sure amongst them) > together > definitely will offer new work offers, especially as personal > relationships with > potential clients can be built in much more sustainable fashion. > > Bringing different views together will have always have beneficial > effects on > the outcome:-) > > What has to be offered in what way so that architects are highly > attracted to > CoWorking spaces? > > Cheers, > > Ralf > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
