The Rise of Resi – mercial Design
Should you be introducing residential elements into your commercial design?
Do you remember the coronavirus pandemic? I thought you might. We all rapidly became comfortable with working from home, our daily commute reduced to a few bleary-eyed steps into our living rooms and comfy loungewear became our workwear. Globally it was definitely the worst of times… but for the working population was it the best of times? Working from home has a long list of appealing qualities. As a commercial refurbishment and fit-out company in 2020 we thought we might be witnessing the death of offices altogether. Fortunately for our business that was not the case but there have certainly been some changes to the way workplaces look.
Much has been discussed and written about the benefits of working from home versus going to work. Some big names made radical changes to their policies when the pandemic hit. Twitter announced that staff could ‘work from home forever.’ They didn’t predict that the company would be sold two years later to Elon Musk, the Tesla billionaire, who famously emailed staff, “Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean *minimum*) of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla.” Where and how people work is a hot topic and something companies are keen to ‘get right’ both in terms of staff retention, morale and productivity.
