![]() It’s common that available space can be a big limitation when designing your office’s common areas. Think about what values you’d like your common areas to communicate, and where its layout provides opportunities for socialization. Additionally, it can affect the sense of teamwork and unity in an office and can even alter employee productivity. Proactive common area design is important, as it can influence the flow of traffic through an office. How would you describe the common areas in your space? Are they expansive – including numerous conference rooms and a large kitchen area or are they minimal with just one conference room and maybe a break room? In this section, we’ll explain how much space you should plan to dedicate to common areas and conference rooms and provide estimates as to how many square feet you will need for individual elements of the office. In companies with private offices, employees with private offices will get a larger share of the total space than those in cubes or workstations. So in an average office, not all 250 square feet will be devoted to the employee’s workplace, but rather a percentage of that square footage will be dedicated to the conference rooms, break areas, and communal spaces. When looking at square feet per employee, the common area square footage is included. AQUILA highly recommends working with a tenant representative and engaging an architect to determine exact requirements. It is important to remember, that this article is meant to give you a ballpark range of how much space you will need. Very dense office spaces often feature work benches as shown above, as well as large common areas for collaboration, recreation and more. To learn more about office density trends in Austin and across the nation, check out our special report Office Density Trends: How Workplace Density is Affecting Office Building Design. ![]() Keep in mind this number does not account for future growth, but we go into more detail on that topic later in this article. To estimate how much space you need for your next office, multiply your employee headcount by the number of square feet per employee that best fits your density needs.įor example, a 25-person company with average space requirements would need an estimated 6,250 square feet (25 people x 250 square feet per employee).
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