For smaller companies, independent contractors, remote workers and start-ups, a coworking space is a great solution to manage a mix of working from home and in the office, or for people who don’t or can’t work from home.
Coworking spaces play a key role in the business world. They are a hub for business community building – no matter whether it’s a quick chat in the shared kitchen as you make a coffee each morning, or a genuine networking opportunity for your business to create sales opportunities through casual conversations.
The workspace design and furniture requirements are truly unique in a coworking space. Coworking space managers need to balance the blend of requirements from their community – relaxed communal areas, informal meeting rooms, private spaces for video calls, deep work zones, hotdesking areas and the flexibility to host large gatherings.
Having been involved in the design and delivery of numerous coworking spaces, and worked in them ourselves, we’ll work closely with your team and your community to understand the needs for your workspace, and co-design clever solutions to future proof your workspace needs. We’ll partner with you to design a space that is flexible and focused on technology enabled and people first solutions.
Careful design and a deep understanding of community needs are key to designing workspaces that flow well and don’t feel disjointed or too close. Spaces for learning and sharing, and spaces for meeting and deep work are critical for coworking success. Furniture selection is also important for community collaboration – comfort and style are important elements to attract people to come together and mingle.
Coworking spaces are typically built around principles that support inclusivity, health and wellbeing. Committing to the wellness of your community can be a big draw card for attracting new members too.
Some typical requirements for coworking spaces include private areas for breast-feeding mothers, dedicated zones for meditation or power napping, coffee and tea making areas, communal kitchens, breakout areas for lunchtime yoga sessions or after work knowledge sharing. Prioritising health and wellness spaces and being in tune with the needs of your community can help ensure that community care and wellbeing is paramount.
Workspace design principles that support health and wellbeing can include biophilic elements such as increasing access to natural light, indoor plant walls, incorporating natural materials and nature inspired artwork. We’ll work closely with you to plan, design and project manage every element of your project.
When you partner with Europlan, you’ll have a dedicated Workplace Solutions Manager helping you realise your vision, scope the project, meet your key milestones and budget parameters, and actively manage a sourcing platform to coordinate multiple vendors. We’ll help your team with up front planning, and can manage all sourcing, delivery and installation of your workspace equipment and furniture items.
We meet our client briefs by designing, supplying and servicing a wide range of high-quality New Zealand made office furniture. We also stock imported commercial office furniture that can meet more specific workspace needs. With three warehouses across New Zealand, we can supply furniture at short notice to our clients, which is helpful when you need to scale quickly or move to alternative premises.
Our team will work quickly to understand your needs, your furniture requirements and how your team and community interact. We love to delight our clients with our final projects.
Our large office design and refit projects over the past two years have seen us achieve 98% delivery of all our orders with no damage or defects. Our success is down to our inhouse project managers and nationwide service and support.
If your workspace has a specific need that can’t be met by a furniture product in our extensive catalogue, we will work with you to design and manufacture a right-fit furniture solution with our New Zealand furniture manufacturers.
In the early stages of your project, your dedicated Europlan Workplace Solutions Manager will share the latest trends in office layouts worldwide, what we’ve learnt from recent projects and advise how you can make the best use of your floor space and technology.
We can be as involved as you want us to be. Whether that is leading a project end to end, or only jumping in for the project elements that need specialist support. We have a data-led and technology focused approach, ensuring your workplace design will include latest trends, technological considerations and achieve your goals as an organisation.
It’s important to us that your workspace works for your team now, and into the future. Future proofing workspace layouts and public areas can be effortless with great planning up front.
Coworking spaces are likely to understand the needs of their community well. Ensuring that workplace design caters to deliver health, safety, wellbeing, accessibility and inclusivity for all, is key to what we do.
Europlan has the experience and skills to ensure we can partner with your team wherever it makes sense in your design journey – tendering, concept development or completion of a project. We have a highly experienced team who can deliver from start to finish, join in on new contract pitches and share ideas freely with whoever needs to be involved in your business.
With teams and warehouses in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, Europlan is used to supplying design expertise and furniture to destinations across the country.
We begin by understanding your organisation’s culture and key objectives. We look at how you're working now and what your vision is for the future. This up front work allows us to recommend specific strategies to achieve your goals.
Our involvement with creating superior work environments goes beyond the simple supply of furniture and accessories. Partner with us and benefit from our knowledge, experience and skill in the following areas.
