I wish there was a like button for all this great advice. Thanks Alex, you've really provided us with some insightful solutions.
On Thursday, June 20, 2013 1:47:08 PM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>>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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