Re-Configuring our Developer Pit.
Several things have become more clear as we’ve gotten into our offices and started using things.
#1 - Our same stuff in a different office doesn’t look all that different than our last place.
#2 - We didn’t think of storage as much as we thought we did.
#3 - Having everyone against a wall in the winter makes for a room full of cold people.
#4 - We need more white-board/collaboration space.
So it was back to our old friend Google SketchUp for some playing-around!
This time around, we weren’t going to forget a few things that we wanted originally like a UPS for each employee, better lighting, and a LOT of whiteboard space. Here is the idea that we came up with for these changes.
First, we’re going to move everyone to the middle of the room. This is going to make for a more ‘cubicle’ looking area, but it we do it right, will look REAL cool. We’re also going to add a ledge to put stuff on. This will wrap around the entire are, and provide a place to put markers, small plants, and other pieces of ‘flair’. The 4′ above that ledge is going to be a whiteboard that can be used to collaborate on projects. This will give about 480 sq-ft of whiteboard to the group.
INSIDE that ledge, we’ll hide UPS units that will have extension cords to each of their areas. Since we wired the place so everyone has their own 20A circuit, this will offer plenty of juice to everyone. We’re thinking we could build a 6′, 8-outlet strip in each of the dividers for everyone to use. Just throwing ideas out there at this point.
Here is what we’ll need to build on the perimeter. (We’ll use metal studs when we do it…I used wood to plan it though.)
Looks like we’ll be able to use the desks we have now, add 3 more, and have enough room for 8 people in our main pit. We can build another half-pod over on the other side of the conf room in the near future if we need to…right now, I just want to get this area set up and looking nice. We’re going to be in the public eye a lot in the next few months, so we need to get this done ASAP.
In THEORY, this is what it should look like after we’re done…
But as you know…anything can happen.
No comments yet.
Leave a comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.