It’s not an uncommon experience as an office worker to feel like a cog in the machine, a single cell in a much bigger spreadsheet. According to architects and designers working on new ways to create office space and shared working environments, you might not be far off. It’s not that they’re creating impersonal designs; quite the opposite. It’s that in an era of computer analysis and algorithms, workers are the data that’s making workplaces more efficient, connected, and comfortable.
In an era of big data design, architects want to make your workspace work as hard as you do. As office design trends swing back and forth, and new layouts seemingly leave at least a few coworkers unsatisfied with the space they work in every day, the notion that there's a better, smarter, and more informed options sounds very compelling.