Emerging trends, ideas & examples

Work, Workers, WorkplaceStephen M. Frey, AIA – Principal

Arocordis DesignMontpelier, Vermont

cult ivating inspired sustainable places and spaces

Story

Commercial

Institutional

Planning

Ideas

Creating & sustaining a “best place to work”

PurposePassionMeaning

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Where are we going?

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Alternative work settingsOff-shoring Rise of artificial intelligence & automation of knowledge work Aging workforce &

development issues

Wellness & wellbeing

Our brand - local, national & global competition

Active based workplaceEco – Ag – Tech

sectors

Workforce training out of sync with needs

Permitting challenges

MILLENIALS1976-

1995

BABY BOOMERS 1946 to 1964GENERATION X 1965-1975

TRADITIONALISTS 1930’s to 1945

GENERATION Z

1996-2005+

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Is it generational or not?

= Purpose PassionMeaning

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Millennials to dominate workforce by 2025 (75%)

=Millenials (and every one else) seek:• Purposeful connection

to business mission, “Walking the talk.”

• Work / Life balance yet committed

• Values & give back to community

Purpose PassionMeaning

Source – F. Drew, Brookings Data Now, 2014

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An obesity epidemic

VT

Rising sedentary behavior“ The amount of time a person sits during the day is

associated with a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and death, regardless of regular exercise, according to a review study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.”

Cultivate an active work culture

The seven faces of wellness Active design, with on & off-site programming

Vibrant storytelling, three-dimensional branding

Offer quiet away spaces for reflection, renewal

On-site learning spaces, inspiring growth

attention to safety, wellbeing, ergonomics

Spaces to encourage social, face to face interactions.

Views, fresh air, comfort, energy efficient

Tune your space

Photo by: Adam Levine – I’m singing this note’ cause it fits in well… cc license

Tune Your Space:

Customize architecture,

layout, furniture to

business, physical and

technology needs

Provide a variety of choices of movement at work

SIT TO STANDSITTING STANDING

LOUNGING & PERCHING

MOVING

S E D E N T A R Y A C T I V E C A R D I OE N G A G E D

Provide a range of spatial choices

LOUNGING& QUIETPRIVATE MORE

OPENSEMI-

PRIVATETOTALLY

OPEN

W A L L E D O F F I C E S

H U D D L ER O O M S

P H O N E B O O T H S

F O C U SR O O M S

H I G HW A L L S W /S O M EL O W

C O L L A BA R E A S

F O C U S W O R K E R S

T E A MR O O M S

S O M E W A L L S &R E F U G E

Q U I E TS P A C E S

V A R I E T YO F S O C I A LP O C K E T S

L O W E RW A L L S

G A T H E RT O G E T H E R

M O R E S O C I A L

W O R K T E A M S

L O W T O N O W A L L S

T E A M S W H I C H I N T E R A C TO F T E N

S T A N D U PW O R K & M E E T I N G A R E A S

Emerging Trends

Emerging Trends Tune Your Space:

“What office?…no seriously.”

Dave Lathrop Director of Applied

Research Network at Steelcase

Emerging Trends1. Consolidate

locations2. Locate by

public transportation

3. Design for mobility & life / work balance

4. Smaller is too small!Margaret Gilchrist Serrato

Workplace Strategist - Herman Miller, Inc.

Emerging Trends1. Well-being and

employee health2. Vertical

development which connects to community.

3. Social networking, interaction and employee engagement

Kay SargentDirector of Workplace Strategies – Lend Lease

Global

TwoProjects

National Life Group HQ Modernization Project

• Hillside campus location

• 700+ people• 3 business units• 250,000 sf (1958

part)

• Mission driven

An out of date workplace – “before”

Values driven design process

PROJECT GOALS &OBJECTIV

ES

BUSINESS & CULTURE NEEDS

MISSION, BRAND & CORE VALUES

SUSTAINABILITY &STEWARDSHIP

Project goals & objectives

Workplace Design

Strategies

CREATE AN ENDURING & FLEXIBLE OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK

ALIGN OFFICESTO MISSION BRAND & VALUES

CREATE AN ATTRACTIVE HIGHPERFORMING, ENGAGING & SUSTAINABLE WORKPLACE

Workplace Design Strategies • Reduce real

estate footprint• Attract &

retain talent• Move from

“I” to “We” spaces• Streets &

work neighborhoods• Front &

backyards• Branding &

Story• Nature near,

beauty

Workplace design strategies • Enhance

transparency• Choices in

collaboration & privacy• Work anywhere• Paperless office• State of the art

energy efficient lighting upgrade

A design framework(plan concept, circulation & nodes)

Front Yards

Collaboration zones & backyards

Lighting upgrade – work areas

Branding graphics reinforcing missioncore values, story

Stairs as wellness space

Planters / living walls / nature near

Renovated cafeteria servery & dining

Restrooms for wellbeing

VT League of Cities & Towns • Downtown Montpelier, VT

location• 50 people• 3 depts. – (advocacy,

insurance and municipal services)• 15,000 sf• Mission driven statewide

reach

Before conditions

Movement & Sociable spaces

Open work areas & hotel spaces

Backyards & huddle rooms

Meeting, collison and work areas w/ branded artwork

Thank you!

Stephen M. Frey – AIA, Leed Apwww.arocordis.com | 802-448-0056

info@arocordisdesign.com | @arocordisdesign (Tw)88 Phillips Road | Montpelier, VT 05602

Photographerswe’d like to thank:Carolyn Bates PhotographyJim Westphalen PhotographyGary Hall Photography(others by Stephen Frey, various or as noted)