Hi Ray, For what it's worth, when I start thinking about space I'm going to be using Google Sketchup in the first instance to map out the space. If you've got a spare evening it's really easy to learn, free and really helps me whenever I'm planning space - I did an extension on my house with it and it offers the ability to drop in furniture from an online library (to save you drawing everything out).
Hope that helps Mark On Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:40:43 UTC, Ray Doeksen wrote: > > As a space organizer (makerspace, hackerspace) and a product/furniture > designer I'm very interested in how to tailor the built environment to > maximize the space available to all users. > > I'm interested in hearing from anyone that has used any particularly > notable 'space hacks' or special fixtures, furnishings and equipment to > maximize the floor space available, and in PARTICULAR, to create flexible > or shifting-use spaces. > > With most coworkers having a phone, tablet, laptop to work from ... I'd > expect those small products to be essential to making the most of a space > ... > > Do you have flip-down wall desks? Ceiling-mounted power drops? Things that > fold up and away? Wall-hung folding chairs? Did you select smaller chairs > and other furniture than you would have otherwise? Did you arrange for > things to be stowed away when not in use, like aboard a boat? Nets on the > walls to hold things, that sort of thing? Did you move towards more compact > solutions like wall hooks for coats rather than the retro but popular "coat > tree" style of things? > > How about a lofted area? Any clever use of small nooks? > > And, finally ... for any size space, did you use space planning software, > like an interior design or architecture program such as Revit, to help with > space planning, or something like making a scale model on paper or with > foam blocks to wargame your space planning? > -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
