Ancillary
Ideas for how to progressively adapt existing work spaces to meet the new health and safety requirements for a post-COVID workplace — across the time horizons of now, near and far.
Pre-COVID Social Spaces & Lounge Spaces
Many of today’s office lounge spaces don’t provide enough boundary and separation between people. Here are ideas for how to retrofit existing spaces now to address immediate workplace social distancing needs as well as reconfigure them in the near term.
Pre-COVID Social Space
Many of today’s lounge spaces don’t provide enough boundary and separation between people. Here are ideas for how to retrofit existing spaces now to address immediate needs as well as reconfigure them in the near term.
Retrofit
Density:
- Break multi-seat lounge furniture into individual seats by introducing table elements to reduce density
Geometry:
- Arrange seating to eliminate face-to-face orientation
Division:
- Add 71” & 47” high Steelcase Flex screens to increase shielding
- Add storage to create boundary and store PPE, cleaning supplies and sanitizer
Reconfigure
Density:
- Break a single setting into multiple smaller settings with increased separation and reduced density
Geometry:
- Arrange seating to eliminate face-to-face orientation
Division:
- Add individual Lagunitas lounge seats with personal screens
- Move storage to create separation between lounge settings
Reconfigure
Density:
- Break a single setting into multiple smaller settings with increased separation and reduced density
Geometry:
- Arrange seating to eliminate face-to-face orientation
Division:
- Add individual Lagunitas lounge seats with personal screens
- Move storage to create separation between lounge settings
Navigating What’s Next
To learn more about design considerations when planning for the now, near and far time horizons, read the Navigating What’s Next: The Post-COVID Workplace guide.