Current situation
Remain the current situation
At 2020, the office will keep the same style as current situation. Companies and organizations own the office building and offices which belong to them. The real estate of the office building and offices will either buy or lease between the buyer and seller or leasholder and leasee with certain contract or agreement.
Human will be core factor for the future office designing. Since employees spend almost 1/3 life time on duty, the humanistic and special office can make the people work inside more proud and confident as well as improving the work efficiency.
Based on the current situation, an evolutionary changing or development will happen. Here briefly discuss how the office will look like at 2020 from the architecture, interior design and technology these three main aspects.
Office building holistic Architecture
The office building may keep the same style that stand towering on the ground as usual. But there are other possibilites.
Due to sloving the problem of leap growing population,saving the space become a concernful issue. One alternative is that construct the office buildings above other bungaloid constructions.
As contrast, there will be offices build under the ground. This is another form of make the most of saving space.
Office building internal allocation
The basement will be the parking place of all cars and the equipment space. This kind of design may save a lot of space. There will be a swimming pool on the garret with garden surround. Employees may enjoy the sporting fun during the break or after duty.
The rest rooms and the public lounges will locate in front of the office but not separate far from office. The benefit of doing so is avoiding disturbing 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. Moreover, the rest rooms and public lounges may stimulate employees work passion.
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.