Hi Kyle, Cohere's first space was 1,000 ft2 total and that included a reception area, small meeting room, living room, phone room, conference room and an open coworking room. We also had a loft with a low ceiling accessible by ladder so that doesn't really count as anything.
We had 11 work stations in about 300 ft2. 4 of them were reserved desks and the rest were flex desks. We were able to grow to 30 members in that space before we moved to a larger space. Current Cohere does coworking in only 357 ft 2 where we have 11 workstations (must be my lucky number). The remaining 2,200 ft2 is spread over 4 floors. We have 7 private offices, a closet turned phone room, 2 small phone rooms, 3 bathrooms, living room, small meeting room and large conference room. Using all our square footage, I am maxed out at 65 members in this configuration. I've attached a photo of the coworking room. To answer your questions, 11 people in a room isn't that many especially if you have phone rooms for them to go to. Here is a post I wrote on the value of physical density http://coherecommunity.com/blog/physical-density-when-innovation-happens-in-coworking-spaces Smart furniture and layout and clever use of limited power strips is the key. Our largest desks are 4 ft by 2ft. For 600 feet of coworking space, you could probably mix 20 different types of members together knowing that we operate like gyms...oversell the desks b/c not everyone will work on the same day. Here is a video tour of Cohere so you can see the unique layout and just how much space there is outside of the actual "coworking" room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMt0gQFbLdo I've since removed the dark couch in the hallway and replaced it with 2 small standing desks from Ikea to handle overflow. Angel On Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 8:09:59 AM UTC-6, 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.
