The pandemic has fundamentally shifted the long-held assumption that businesses need a traditional office space for their workers. In our next Q&A session, our guest speakers will consider the outlook for office-based work in a post-Covid world.
Expect ideas for architects and designers to future-proof workspace design, exploring the question “what could the future role of a central office look like?”. And how to ensure offices can hold onto their role as a centralised, collaborative space – not a thing of the past – and the vital role innovation and technology will play.
As the pandemic has forced a nation of office workers into new ways of working, the need for traditional office space is being thrown into question. The unexpected working-from-home revolution has challenged the idea that businesses need dedicated workspaces for their team to be productive – or at all.
But many new home workers are finding the reliance on remote-working technologies intense and exhausting. Missing the face-to-face connection and sense of community that comes with sharing the same physical space.
With many businesses looking ahead to reduced Covid restrictions and reopening offices safely, our guest panel will consider what people will expect from their office environment in order to return. Looking at the positives and negatives of working from home, and how the benefits can be translated into new workspace design.
