Hi Kyle, Wow - I'm just looking at starting a space and I'm inspired to hear that you've done it with 600 sq ft!
I have no idea how much space I'd need (I'm still in community building/research mode) but the research I've looked at suggests you need 100 sq ft per person which included toilets/corridors/kitchens/receptions etc. - on that basis though the "hypothetical" amount of people you could have would be 6 which frankly, is ridiculous! I currently run a small design agency out of space that's exactly 620 sq ft (which includes 150 sq ft meeting room) and I'm sure I could easily fit more than 6 people in it. If you swapped out the meeting room for smaller, quieter phone booth type spaces where people could take calls then I would think we could easily fit desks that could accommodate at least 12 people and that would be desks alone - presumably some people would be happy to work at a counter height standing or bar stool type surface which would definitely be more efficient in terms of space usage. I'd also be really interested to hear other peoples' views about smaller spaces and the different techniques they use to make them work. hope that's helpful in some small way! All the best Mark On Sunday, 15 October 2017 15:09:59 UTC+1, Kyle Thibaut wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > We have about 600 sqft of open space in our coworking space. Is there > anyone else out there with a small space like ours? > > > - What have you learned to make it work well? > - Is it too small such that voices carry over and disturb others? > - Have you made any creative solutions to help out with having a small > space? > - Bonus: What sqft per person-desk is needed and how many members per > desk is normal? In this case, what would critical mass look like? > > Thanks, > Kyle > > -- 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/d/optout.
