Re: [Coworking] Design for Coworking

[Jerome Chang]

Hi Selim.

Thank you for a great great post, and to clearly outline a more thoughtful 
approach to design a client’s space.
As a fellow architect, I can totally see how intentional your firm’s design 
approach is.
As a owner/operator of coworking spaces, I would recommend that architects try 
to better understand and even appreciate the economics behind the space, aside 
from “the budget”. In the most basic difference, these shared spaces are 
essentially using office space as the revenue generator, as opposed to what 
99.99% of other office spaces - as a necessary evil, in terms of overhead 
expense.
and yes yes, coworking is about developing communities, but at some 
point, whether you’re striving to drive 2 memberships per seat or 10 
memberships, that # of seats directly drives the revenue.

btw, I plan to discuss this balance at the upcoming GCUC.co gathering, from 
Tues May 3 - Fri May 6. My topic I’ll discuss on day 1 will be “Design by 
Numbers,” which will be exactly that: designing by [economic] numbers.

I encourage all of you to attend, as there is no single other larger, in-person 
gathering of expertise, and shared coworking ideals in one place!

JEROME CHANG

www.BLANKSPACES.com

On Apr 7, 2016, at 2:56 AM, Selim Ozadar  wrote:

> Hello Everybody,
> 
> At the moment I am working at an architecture company located within a 
> coworking space in Amsterdam. We have a user-centric approach to architecture 
> with a focus on fostering human interactions, thus we design collaborative 
> office spaces. One of our projects is Impact Hub Amsterdam and I wrote a 
> story on Medium explaining the design process with examples:
> https://medium.com/akka-architects/design-thinking-in-architecture-db83284cde97
> 
> I wanted to share our journey for those who are interested in architectural 
> aspect of coworking spaces and how it effects the productivity. Feel free to 
> contact me if you have any questions.
> 
> Best,
> Selim Ozadar
> 
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[Coworking] Design for Coworking

[Selim Ozadar]

Hello Everybody,

At the moment I am working at an architecture company located within a 
coworking space in Amsterdam. We have a user-centric approach to 
architecture with a focus on fostering human interactions, thus we design 
collaborative office spaces. One of our projects is Impact Hub Amsterdam 
and I wrote a story on Medium explaining the design process with examples:
https://medium.com/akka-architects/design-thinking-in-architecture-db83284cde97

I wanted to share our journey for those who are interested in architectural 
aspect of coworking spaces and how it effects the productivity. Feel free 
to contact me if you have any questions.

Best,
Selim Ozadar

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