Office Interior Design for Employees Well-being

Office Interior Design for Employees Well-being.  The fact that employee satisfaction is critical to the success of any company hardly qualifies as news. However, the consulting and legal firm PwC from Basel, Switzerland, took this concern to a whole new level. As the result of its collaboration with the Swiss architecture and design studio Evolution Design, the entire design of its offices is centered around the well-being of the employees and the desire to adapt the work environment to the needs of the company’s workers.

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Designer: Evolution Design
All photos: Peter Wuermli via officesnapshot.com

An important principle followed by the design team was the natural need for movement. Physical activity is critical not only for physical health, but also for a well-functioning mind. While offering yoga and Pilates classes was already part of its strategy directed to a more physically active workforce, the company wanted to make movement part of their employees’ everyday work routine.

To encourage movement, the design of the PwC offices went well beyond the classic cubicles and resulted in different functional areas where employees can work in different positions. While this encourages a daily traffic for one area to another and an increased amount of walking during the day, it also responds to the fact that employees have different work styles.

In order to accommodate such work styles, the designers used different types of furniture, from ergonomic office chairs and sofas to coffee tables and bar-height desks.

Different tasks are also best approached in different environments, so the different design of each functional area allows employees to choose the best place for the task at hand – such as phone booths for making undisturbed phone calls or coffee social zones for team meetings.

Entire areas were created around such concepts as undisturbed thinking (the Quiet Zone), team work (the Team Space) or focus groups (the Focus Space). Each was adapted to this specific type of activity, from layout and furniture to colors and overall mood.

For instance, the Quiet Zone is a phone-free area, with private, enclosed spaces designed to reduce noise and allow for alone time and uninterrupted thinking. Soothing green hues contribute to managing stress and encouraging the mind to relax.

The newly designed offices, are more than a simple design choice with aesthetics that step out of the ordinary. They are an investment in performance and productivity, which are direct results of the employee well-being.  This is an example of and Office Interior Design for Employees Well-being.

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