Workspace Enclosure

Buildings · Room

Context Flexible Office Space146 · Half-Private Office152 · Home Workshop157 · Alcoves179

Problem

A desk stranded in the middle of an open floor leaves a person feeling exposed and scattered, while a fully closed-off room cuts them off from everything happening around them; neither helps concentration.

Solution

Enclose the workplace only about halfway — give it a wall at your back and a view out toward a larger space — so you feel sheltered and still connected to what is going on around you.

Usage Windows Overlooking Life192 · Half-Open Wall193 · Thick Walls197 · Open Shelves200 · Waist-High Shelf201 · Pools of Light252 · Sitting Circle185 · The Shape of Indoor Space191