I've been wondering: 100 sqft per person is the legacy standard for conventional office space. That generally would be cubicles and private offices. According to an architect here, much of that 100 sq ft number comes from rated safe floor load capacity with heavy desks and filing cabinets. Is the 100 sqft in the coworking world a carryover from this, or is it the desire for an open floor plan and not wanting to feel cramped like working at a Starbucks table? Or is it that coworking has more "unoccupied space" - hallways, bathrooms, closets, foosball playrooms? Do you count your conference rooms as unoccupied space or as a regular workspace? What size desk/table top do your members use? I've seen some posts say their location has 5 foot tables, others have 4 foot ones.
To ask it another way, did we arrive at this number from actual experience, or was it the architect saying 100 sqft, the city permitting office saying you're an office so occupancy is at no more than 100 sqft and we've gone with those numbers rather than "fight city hall" and seek out our own optimum density? I'm working through some occupancy issues with my city at the moment - we'd like to be able to hold an occasional lecture or conference, and that can change some of our space usage to 7.5 sqft per person - so space usage and occupancy are on my mind right now. - Glen On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:41 AM, John Burns <workaroun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alex- > > As stated in a previous post, it kinda is already in the wiki > > http://wiki.coworking.info/w/page/16583920/PricingExamples > > The above isn't exactly like how Jasper did his calculations, but > gives a good starting point > > On Aug 5, 12:11 am, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is some of the best simple Coworking math I've seen in a single > post. > It certainly belongs in the wiki. Thanks Jasper! > > -Alex > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
