Yes, we have two blocks of four desks pushed up against each other, with a mix of FT and dropins at each. We also have two tables off to the side, which is proving nice for folks who want to be social but still want to maintain some privacy. Then we have a long dinner table for six, which is great for events, lunch, and groups. One startup (Tripfilms.com) takes over the table twice a week and has their whole team there working together.
Diversity is definitely useful, but flexibility is paramount. Most important, as always, is to be offering what your members want... which, over the course of time, will change. Tony New Work City On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>wrote: > Depending on the desks you get, they can be pushed togehter like a large > table. That way, depending on the needs of the group, you can get both > effects. > > Our most recent configuration pushes together clusters of 3-4 desks with a > mix of full time spots + drop-ins, encouraging mix and collaboration. Our > members have been really enjoying it. > > CitizenSpace's dropin area is the same sort of thing, with a number of > desks making up a large shared work table. New Work City has a table that > fits 4-5 people at it too, right Tony? > > -Alex > > -- > ----- > -- > ----- > Alex Hillman > im always developing something > digital: a...@weknowhtml.com > visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com > local: www.indyhall.org > > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM, evan <anarchog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> So we've been in our space for 2 weeks now and we started out just >> getting a big folding table while we figure out furniture. We've been >> trying to figure how how many desks we can fit in our relatively small >> rooms. Unlikely many coworking spaces, we've got a house we're using, >> so some of the rooms are smallish bedrooms. The total space is 2500 sq >> ft. >> >> My question is this, have people tried / used central tables which are >> shared by 3 to 6 people for coworking? We're thinking that upstairs >> we'd put maybe central tables, on the main floor desks, and in the >> basement which is more of a hang out space and where the meeting room >> is, for couches. >> >> Has anybody tried this? Does it work well? What problems might we run in >> to? >> >> thanks, >> evan >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
