Designing our Workplace with Data: A 'Living Lab'

Workplace culture, employee morale and productivity are a few experiential factors difficult to measure, but crucial to any business’ performance and success. So how and why did Perkins+Will’s Toronto studio decide to offer over 175 places to work for 80 staff members, free-address universal sit-stand workstations, and a variety of multi-purpose shared space in the heart of the city’s downtown? See the following steps that explore how the office is a ‘living lab’ and a project which exemplifies design driven by data.