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Ancillary Spaces Transform Offices

Ancillary spaces like lounges, cafes and breakout areas are becoming more central to office design as work becomes more flexible, mobile and collaborative. As lines between jobs and departments blur, workers desire more variety and comfort than traditional desks can provide. Industry groups are updating categories to reflect new solutions using ancillary spaces that support today's diverse tasks and allow both collaboration and focus.

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Ancillary Spaces Transform Offices

Ancillary spaces like lounges, cafes and breakout areas are becoming more central to office design as work becomes more flexible, mobile and collaborative. As lines between jobs and departments blur, workers desire more variety and comfort than traditional desks can provide. Industry groups are updating categories to reflect new solutions using ancillary spaces that support today's diverse tasks and allow both collaboration and focus.

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ANCILLARY SPACES BECOME THE HEART OF THE

OFFICE

by Coalesse
New tasks require new modes of working. Today, work happens more quickly and in more places as
developing technologies offer variety and mobility to a growing community of creatives and knowledge
workers. As the dividing lines between departments and tasks are blurred, the desire for flexibility and
comfort in the office is driving a shift toward ancillary (or more informal) spaces that offer more than
the traditional desk-and-task-chair combination. So much so that industry trade association BIFMA is
updating their categories to reflect the new office solutions being used.

Both workspace destinations that promote collaboration and environments that facilitate privacy and
focus are necessary to create an office that supports a workforce with today’s diverse tasks and
personalities. In this month’s news aggregate, we see how ancillary spaces like lounges, cafés and
breakout spaces are moving from the edges to the center of workplace design.
TALK OF THE TRADE

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