The Why & How of Office Workspace Additions

Draining artificial lighting. Confining cubicles. Bleak surroundings. Constant coworker interruptions. It probably comes as no surprise, 76% of workers report being more productive outside the typical office environment. When office morale and productivity is lacking, it’s time to think outside the box, helping workers check-off their to-do list in a sunny, open, Wi-Fi enabled workspace. How can you pull it off?

Interior Courtyards

If a custom build is on the horizon, consider the integration of an interior courtyard to your upcoming workspace. Centrally located, interior courtyards are highly coveted for bringing natural light more readily into surrounding building recesses. Well-recognized for its capacity to boost mood and reduce stress, this reduces the need for artificial light sources known to inflate energy bills and cortisol (stress) hormone levels. And that’s not where the benefits end. Interior courtyard setups also deliver natural circulation and ventilation, reducing reliance on HVAC and making it easier to heat/cool office space. A prime place to congregate, look to interior courtyard spaces for wide-ranging usage, from work to meals and meetings. At the heart of the workspace, they provide an open, outdoor experience, yet remained contained, ensuring security. With a variety of ways to customize an interior courtyard, from lush greenery additions to low-care containers and xeriscaping, it’s easy to create an environment that suits your office culture.

Decks & Balconies
 
The perfect place to hold meetings, the scenic environment of decks and balconies promote relaxation and a positive vibe – provided adequate shelter. It’s a well-known fact office meetings are known for going overtime, and shelter is key to prevent workers from getting burned on more than the time front. For this, Arcadia adjustable pergolas deliver the perfect solution. Lightweight and aluminum, they are easily added to workspaces with prime deck real estate and outdoor air rights. Installed in nearly any location from new balcony additions to existing enclosures, the hurricane-proof construction of the Arcadia provides flexible shelter year-round, allowing you to dial-in the comfort level with 170-degrees of pivoting flexibility, keeping sun and rain from sabotaging your monthly meeting.  

Rooftop Gardens

Short on space? Raise your expectations to a rooftop green space addition. Rooftop gardens deliver an amazing return on investment, but like deck and patio spaces, rely on functional shelter for maximum return on investment. Offering a great way to capitalize and improve on existing real estate, they deliver not only a productivity-boosting outdoor oasis for staff, but with proper setup reduce heating and cooling costs, impact temperatures in cement-surrounded urban environments, and help control water runoff. This makes them eligible for a host of rebates and incentives, from government to utilities, not to mention obvious energy savings. With an array of options from simple container and raised-bed additions to the insulating power of fully green, ecologically-diverse covered roofs, there are a variety of options for repurposing rooftop space.

Living Walls

Sometimes you just don’t have any real estate to work with, such as is in high-rise office buildings. Rest assured, however, you can still bring the outdoors into your office with the help of living walls. Paired with energy saving, natural light hued LED bulbs, you can create a faux forest that rivals any outdoor workspace. How do they work? Constructed of polystyrene and other materials, living walls are easily mounted on interior or exterior building walls devoid of greenery. With the help of a garden expert and plants suitable for your year-round office environment, select and plug pants into the frame to instantly create a lush, green space nearly anywhere.

Are you ready to boost your bottom line with an outdoor workspace addition? Learn new ways to capitalize on existing space. Schedule a complimentary design consultation with Amazing Pergolas today.

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