Office design today must help productivity, boost ideas and make the work process go faster, giving space to teams and individuals to find the space that best suits their task and mood.

1. VANKE
D E S I G N L I F E 2 0 1 6
Shanghai, 30 November 2016
Architect Roberto Ercolani
Office design:
a style for
productivity

2. “If you want something new,
you have to stop doing something old”
- Peter F. Drucker

3. 2016.11.30
SORRY, THE OPEN-SPACE IS DEAD.

4. TODAY
OFFICE MUST BE
A MIX
collaboratesocialize focus

5. 2016.11.30
TODAY
OFFICE MUST BE
FLUID
fast meeting pod
desks
privacy booth
casual meeting multifunctional spaces

6. TODAY
OFFICE MUST BE
PRODUCTIVE
efficiency meeting pods

7. great workplace design can drive innovation
“You must feel comfortable and
welcome in order to be inspired”

8. DESIGN CAN TAKE YOU FROM THE EXISTING…

9. ...TO A NEW VISION.

10. SOCIALIZE
COLLABORATE
FOCUS
The next-generation
office combines
open floor plans,
communal areas
and privacy spaces
where employees can focus

11. “Some people thinks that design
is how it looks. But if you dig
deeper, it’s really how it works ”
DESIGN CAN BOOST CREATIVITY
COLLABORATE

12. COLLABORATE
DESIGN HELP
SHARING IDEAS

13. COLLABORATE“You never know who
will give you new ideas”

14. Office space must be welcoming,
cost effective and state-of-the-art design.
FOCUS

15. FOCUS
Employees are given the autonomy
to use the space in the way
that best suits their task and mood.

16. FOCUS“I’m getting more work done
taking calls in a phone booth
than in a large meeting”

17. SOCIALIZEIDEA FLOWS FASTER IN AN
INFORMAL ENVIRONMENT

18. SOCIALIZE
Why do we do this?
Becasue when workers are
happy they are
more productive
more innovative
more collaborative

19. COMMUNICATION“Your office is like
your business card,
it talks about you”

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THANKS.