Aloha, I think more blueprint companies, who usually base themselves in large open industrial warehouses should investigate the benefits of coworking. They should rent out desks in a specific section to offset their overhead while creating built in customers. Then they can also have an extensive products library and be a hub for independent architects.
On Aug 10, 8:19 am, 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. > > Product library are all those binders of samples, product literature, > etc. They accumulate very quickly. Building models go elsewhere. > > 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 10, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Anca | Tech Liminal wrote: > > > > > Thanks for responding, Jerome. I'm always curious about how > > other professionals organize their stuff. > > > Based on what you've written, though, a freelance architect would be > > an > > ideal tenant for a co-working space, where the commitment to > > overhead is low (just rent out the space while your project is going > > on and you need that large, fast printer). > > > The product library (I'm assuming that's all the little material > > samples and > > cardboard models of buildings) is a bit more challenging - I guess it > > would have to be a special focus of a space, to have those things > > around. > > > Hm. > > > Cheers, > > > Anca. > > > On Aug 7, 8:38 am, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> They definitely don't have better amenities at home, as they often > >> need large, fast printers. > >> They definitely need to collaborate as few know their software, esp. > >> CAD, and their building/zoning codes well enough to figure stuff out > >> themselves. > >> They definitely bill at rates similar to other designers, such as > >> graphic, web, etc. > > >> I think that there are just generally fewer architects who solely > >> freelance, vs. other designers. > >> I think that when they do, they generally only have that 1 or 2 > >> projects, and are afraid of overhead when they might have zero > >> projects very quickly, vs. other designers who typically have a > >> handful of projects at a time. > >> When architects do have enough project revenue to then sustain > >> overhead, they probably scale up to their own office. > >> Architects also tend to want to be surrounded by their product > >> library, which most of us coworking spaces don't have for them. > > >> Other than that, I'm not really sure. > > >> 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 7, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Anca Mosoiu wrote: > > >>> Jerome: > > >>> Why not? Is it because they get better amenities at home? Are they > >>> more introverted > >>> and less collaborative than computer programmers or graphic > >>> designers? Do they make > >>> less money as freelancers than other groups? Or more money, so > >>> they can get their > >>> own spaces without other people around? > > >>> Cheers, > > >>> Anca. > > >>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Jerome Chang > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Hi. > > >>> As one of the few architect/designers in this coworking sphere, I'll > >>> chime in. I've had very very few architects or other building- > >>> industry designers here in my 16 months of operation. So, > >>> collaboration is zilch. Basically, this group of freelancers or > >>> micro- > >>> size firms just won't pay for space. > > >>> As for what works, are you asking about size of spaces, desks, and > >>> the > >>> physical construct? > > >>> 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 6, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Ralf Lippold wrote: > > >>>> Hi everybody, > > >>>> even though we all pretty much know when a place is holding the > >>> energy > >>>> that fuels creativity and innovation, is there any literature, > >>>> links > >>>> of like-minded architects, experiences (stories of what works and > >>> what > >>>> doesn't)? > > >>>>http://www.urbansplash.co.uk/couldbe a start as they are doing > >>> great > >>>> work (not on CoWorking specifically but great). > > >>>> Who can help on that? Then we can share and bring new business to > >>>> innovative architects. > > >>>> Best regards > > >>>> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
