2 most important pieces of advice I can give you right now: don't overthink it, and get the community involved.
1) We spent a ton of time building a 3d mockup for our recent expansion and ended up blowing it up once we started moving furniture in anyway. 2) However you decide to "play" with layouts before hand, do it with your members. This is an EASY opportunity to have them get to take a sense of ownership over the process and look at the space as something more than a cheap desk rental option. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 1:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > this is all very informative for us and is helping us a lot in figuring > out how to proceed with the space. We appreciate all the feedback thus far. > > Jerome, we're definitely gonna draw it on paper and Alex we're definitely > gonna try to book an appointment to get into the space. However, our issue > is that the space is currently divided into units with drywall (mortgage > company was the previous tenant) so playing around with cardboard boxes may > not work. We obviously won't have the walls there if we move in but right > now the open concept doesn't exist. Other options??? I was thinking (if it > doesn't take long) to replicate the space with cardboard on a smaller scale > with miniature desks. > > > > On Thursday, June 20, 2013 1:02:33 PM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote: > >> 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. 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