Working Apart Together: Springfield Coworking Space
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2019
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University of Oregon
Zusammenfassung
The city of Springfield is a place of constant growth and development. Springfield is interested in building its inventory of office space to house new businesses andbentrepreneurs who are hoping to grow their businesses. In the past few years, coworking has emerged as a revolutionary concept that gives individuals the freedom to expand their businesses in an open and relaxed environment. Coworking spaces encourage networking among peers who are working towards similar goals in the same space. In short, it takes away the pressures of a controlled office environment and allows individual pursuits to grow.
The city of Springfield wants to introduce a coworking space in its city. An existing building was being used as an incubator for businesses in the area in a manner similar to a
coworking space. However, the City wanted to explore options that might appeal to more users in the Springfield area. Additionally, the City wanted to examine how the building could be modernized and redesigned to attract those users.
As a studio, students communicated with city staff to understand their vision for this new space and how students could produce design concepts that introduced new ideas for future
building development. Students toured a variety of coworking spaces in Portland, Oregon for inspiration in developing their ideas. Using information from the tours and client meetings, students brainstormed coworking visions that would be best for Springfield and its general business demographic. They established three different programs: Commonfield, a
start-up focused coworking space; Hatch, a workspace for working or single parents integrating their children into their workday; and Creatives, a different take on coworking that
provides space for growing artists and designers to develop their work and showcase it to the public.
Students based their individual designs on one of these three programs. Students addressed various issues through design including the lack of daylighting and attracting public interest in using the space. Their design iterations are explored in this report. Designs were influenced by client suggestions, established coworking spaces, and research on Springfield’s business demographics. Student designs provide valid reasoning for coworking’s beneficial role in helping the City and its residents grow.
Beschreibung
Main - 130 pages
Individual reports - 182 pages