Current situation

Real estate
At 2020, the office will be treated by the companies in similar style as in the current situation. Companies and organizations will either buy or lease the office space. Legally, the purchase/lease agreements are highly efficient for the both sides(buyer/suplier or lessor/lessee).

Core factor
The Human factor will be at the of the future office designing. Since employees spend almost 1/3 life time at work, the humanistic orientation in office design office can raise the level of satisfaction and confidence of the people that work inside, as well as improve the work efficiency.

Based on the current situation, an evolutionary change and development will happen.

Office building holistic Architecture
Some office buildings will keep the usual sky-scraper tower-like style. But there are other possibilities.

In order to solve the problem of extensive population growth, saving space in residence and office building areas becomes an issue of concern. One alternative is that construct the office buildings above other constructions. A similar solution was pioneered by Unilever's de Brug hanging office building

As a contrast, there will be offices build under the ground. The city council of Amsterdam has already approved the Underground City project worth over 7 bilion Eur.

Office building internal allocation
The parking and the warehousing space will be located underground in order to save on space. There will be a swimming pool on the garret with garden surround. Employees may enjoy the sports during the break or after hours. In order to provide full service and reduce the need for traveling during lunch hour, restaurants will also be placed within the building

The rest rooms and the public lounges will be located outside the office but at close distance. The benefit of this is avoiding disturbance from outside visitors. Customers or visitors who come to the company will first go into the public lounges room with nice music and drink bar. The relaxing environment is beneficial for doing good business.

The door between offices is ambulant which made by soundproof glass. The employers can move the door open during the break. As mentioned before, the office is located at the backside of the rest rooms. Then the workplace connect with the rest room become a homelike break room for employees communicate each other and have a good rest.

Alternatively, “open office” is a kind of style that everybody in the company include CEO is working together in one workplace with simple partition. This kind of office allocation can enhance the feeling of trust and equality between employers and employees. Interaction and communication happened easily anytime during the working time and rest time.

Office Interior and technology
Office’s optical fiber illumination and the color design have the enormous function regarding person's psychological mood shame. The office’s illumination should combine the natural light and the artificial light source. Simultaneously, the color should integrate the enterprise characteristic suitably, must manifest certain spirit. Moreover, the indoor seasonal temperature difference adjustment, the natural wind's transformation, reduces the running expenses consumption, will be also allocated into the offices. Further more, there will be the wind power, the electrical energy, the solar energy use, the water use recycle and so on in the office design and construction.

The integrative machine will tie in printer, scanner, copier, fax into one. The office chair and table will be easy carry and freely dissemble and assemble. Specially, the office chair will be ergonomics designs which automatically adjust the height of the seat and the angle of the backrest and armrest etc.

There will be a digital display on some particular office’s door. Work state of the employees who inside of that department may show on the display. For instance, “on the meeting of topic ….” Etc.