I'm an interior designer by trade, and definitely agree with Chad about Sketchup. Most people don't think 3-dimensionally, and this gives you the tools at no cost to really play around with your space. Most furniture items are pre-made and downloadable or you can create your own - even just using cubes the size of your desks will give you a good idea.
When you're laying out the office the sf/desk calculation never includes your circulation - which needs to be at least 44" clear along your path to exits for code, and typically about 30"-36" everywhere else. Good luck! On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 5:49:33 PM UTC-4, [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.
