Modern people spent 21 hours which is 88% of their activity time inside based on the Environmental Research Institute investigation and spend the most time in the working space in their workplace among the inside activity and spend 95% of time sitting...
Modern people spent 21 hours which is 88% of their activity time inside based on the Environmental Research Institute investigation and spend the most time in the working space in their workplace among the inside activity and spend 95% of time sitting on the desk. Like this, the working space is being realizing as part of life of the modern people. By this, there is interest on the change of working space is increasing and the value and inception on space is changing. Ray Oldenburg has quoted ‘the third place’ that is ‘unofficial public place as comfortable as house to rest and recharge’ of ‘The Good Great Place’ and required working place of alternative space for possible voluntary, free and multidirectional communication possible as well as aim for physical convenience and psychological stability. By this, new paradigm of innovative working space called the Coworking Space was born. Coworking Place is a sharing office and is setting as the culture of new working type.
4 kinds of characteristics of Coworking Space is flexibility for various use of the work, creativity to enhance work, relativity for cooperation and convenience for using space.
The design factors needed for the smoothness of convenience to the working space which is physical certain space to the members is defined as amenity design and 4 kinds of aspects is looked into through advanced study. It was classified into green amenity design of environmental aspect, function amenity design of functional aspect, sensitivity amenity design of aesthetic design, sensory amenity design of experiential aspect and looked into through cases. You could have seen the 4 kinds of amenity designs, but direct natural factor expression with green amenity design of environmental aspect was lacking and for this, it was appeared reusing building or using natural factor or use outdoor garden or terrace. Moreover, physical aspect of green, function amenity design showing as Coworking Space through characteristic of amenity design and senses and psychological aspect of sensory amenity design was looked into. To analyze this, domestic and foreign case studies after the year 2000’s were implemented and Coworking Space was classified into open work type, open type + focus work type, cafe type + open work type, combined work type which are work types by the requirements and characteristics of the members regardless of the size of the space.
Elements among physical factors as the amenity design to the Coworking Space were horizontal, vertical factor and natural factor and the function factor was subdivided into the function for community and function for work support and design expression among psychological factor was material, color, light and shape and experiential experience factor were classified into dynamic and still experience.
The physical factor and psychological factor of the amenity design as the amenity design analysis of Coworking Space through domestic and foreign cases is as the following.
When looking at the elements of the amenity design of the physical factor, vertical separation factor of the elements to separate the working scope of the individual and common has appeared and could see the efficient space type for flexible work as the factor of user movement and layout. As the nature factor, plants were used to separate space and appeared as the role of visual block of the members and psychological stability appeared by making terrace.
In the partial Coworking Space, nature factors might be seen to express by using directly but generally the nature factors were used and expressed. When looking at the function factor, is was the factor for work support for the members and showed well. Function for community is an open space and formed natural exchange of members by using the opened work space and the ratio of event facility or social participation space that is the community space was low.
When looking at the design expression factor of amenity design of psychological factor, factor using light considered for the members to work in a comfortable space and in the community space of frequent free activity decorative light was displayed for psychological stimulation. In the space expression using material, nature material was aggressively used and colors not provocative and in the space expression using color, various colors were used and was appeared by expressing image of space and spacial separation. Open, free and three-dimensional objet expression can be seen as the expression of form. In the work type flexibly using physical space and maintain free relationship of members with the creative space, dynamic experience can be seen. On the other hand, in the flexible personal work space requiring convenience, it is known that still experience factor is appearing.
As the characteristic of domestic, foreign Coworking Space, the relativeness for cooperation and flexibility of space formation for the usage of various members stood out, and physical factor as the factor of amenity design appeared for this. In the expression of community function factor, in the case of community function factor, domestic case had lacking space of creative activity as the facility of limited space compared to the foreign case and the accessive convenience to use the space was lacking calling for voluntary participation of the members. In foreign case, flexibility, creativity, relativity showed well and
in the case of convenience of space usage, field separation factor was lacking as the movement line has increased. Design expression of the space, in case of domestic the nature factor and artificial factor were adequately used in the color and material aspect but limiting expression showed. In the case of foreign, various and flexible design expression can be seen than the domestic case.
Through the above analysis, in activating the characteristic of amenity design of Coworking Space, it is organized as the following as the supplement point.
Firstly, make common space for personal work and community and harmonious layout to be formed flexible. Secondly, secure positive field by planning space of recharge and creative work for the optimal communication. Thirdly, enhance productivity of work through identity establishment and sense of belonging by applying identity of Coworking Space. Fourthly, by introduction of nature factor of environmental aspect provide effect of increasing vitality of communication and psychological stability of members.
This study has the meaning in using the Coworking Space as the tool of physical, psychological senses for physical realization through means of amenity design and expect amenity design to be used as the basis to develop more into the third working space that is efficient and pleasant by the needs and requirement to one man venture enterprisers.