ENRICHED WORKING
This article provides information on how to design a large office space where all employees love to work, especially in case of hybrid working.
Why now? Media philosopher Marshall McLuhan stated in his book 'Medium Is The Massage' once a new technology becomes mainstream, the old technology becomes art.
The cathedral is the most exemplary precedent of his hypothesis. Cathedrals were designed as multi media experiences where illiterate people could immerse themselves in God's bible by looking at stained glass, feeling enlightened with gothic architecture and feeling humble while looking up to sculptures. Paintings, sculptures and perhaps also architecture became an art when a new technology came in: the press. The ability to copy a book made 'reading' mainstream, making architecture, sculpting and paintings become ‘art’.
With video calls and working in the cloud becoming mainstream, the office space is not a utility anymore. The office building is in transition of becoming ‘art’. This research tells you everything about how to use physical spaces to their maximum ability to perform complementary to working online.