I very much agree with Jerome on this. Square feet per desk doesn't tell you anything about the shape of the room, how desks fit in it, or how people can interact.
Square feet is a constraint, but it's not a proxy for usage. We redesign our floorplan on a regular basis and every time find new, more effective ways to use the space and none of that can be learned from square footage. Drawing things on paper is good. Another thing you can do is, if you have access to the space, to cut pieces of cardboard to the size of your desks and play with layouts on the floor. That will give you an even better feel for how much room around desks you'll need for things to feel comfortable, especially if you're not as experienced as Jerome or myself in laying things out on paper. -Alex -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > oooh okay that makes a lot more sense. sorry for the confusion. > Conveniently we were given a floor plan for the space we're looking into > and during the process of designing the layout we assumed getting s/f per > desk was essential just so we knew how many desks we could fit. > > On Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:20:19 PM UTC-4, Jerome wrote: > >> wait wait wait. I didn't say to buy anything. >> Get/draw a floor plan, and design a desk layout. >> >> >> Jerome >> ______________ >> BLANKSPACES >> "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" >> >> www.blankspaces.com >> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 >> 323.330.9505 (office) >> >> On Jun 20, 2013, at 9:12 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Hi Jerome, >> >> Your right, when we visited the space we could envision how the layout >> would look like. Buying desks first and setting up the space would be a >> viable option. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Harman >> >> On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 6:50:20 PM UTC-4, Jerome wrote: >>> >>> I would recommend laying out your desks, vs. trying to assign a # per >>> desk. >>> A space that size is much easier to comprehend its realities than, say, >>> 100,000sf where you'd want to estimate sf/desk. >>> >>> >>> Jerome >>> ______________ >>> BLANKSPACES >>> "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" >>> >>> www.blankspaces.com >>> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 >>> 323.330.9505 (office) >>> >>> On Jun 19, 2013, at 2:49 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> First I would like to express how happy and amazed I am at finding this >>> community online. Me and my colleagues stumbled upon the concept of >>> coworking spaces about a month ago and we have formed our own initiative to >>> opening one in Ontario. From what I've seen, this Coworking group is full >>> of helpful individuals who have answered questions on a lot of topics and I >>> am also inclined to ask my own throughout our company's development. >>> >>> So here goes my first question :) >>> >>> We have found a location that is 2664 sqft (Rent= 4262) and after taking >>> out the board room, private office and kitchen we have 1210 sqft to use for >>> desks. What I wanted to know was how much space should we allocate for each >>> desk? I know many of you have said 100sqft but If thats the case we would >>> only be able to offer 12 desks at $455 (Rent + Other fixed and variable >>> costs). However, if we offer 50sqft per desk we would be able to >>> accommodate 24 desks and offer a monthly price of $230. This includes the >>> use of everything and it generates break even for us. >>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]**. >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+...@**googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit >> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >> . >> >> >> >> >> -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
