"When is design not the icing on the cake but one of its critical ingredients?"
by Fred Rieber, Principal and Director of Design, SPACE

Was it a mere moment ago or last century that trendy indulgence drove the design of the corporate workplace? The cycle of easily available funding has been replaced by old-fashioned profitability. Survival demands a return to a leaner approach to corporate real estate. The difficult times often serve as an opportunity to look honestly into a mirror, perhaps even an epiphany to rediscover the essence that makes an organization great in the first place… Rediscovering one's core values!

Stripping away opulence and indulgence does not mean sacrificing core business drivers. It may serve to inject one's creativity and innovation by literally removing physical barriers that have more to do with pretension than substance. Workflow patterns, balancing individual focus needs with team interaction, supporting productivity from the spark of an idea through implementation, recruitment, and retention of the best and the brightest, effective use of real estate… all remain critical strategic issues to a successful work place. These are the building blocks and SPACE, more than ever, is a master builder of solid business foundations in the real new economy.

Organizational Dynamics

In other words, these issues get to the very heart and soul of SPACE. Our innovation is based upon unique creative problem solving. We look at fiscal restraint as an ingredient to our creative challenge. In understanding in depth, the heart and soul of a business, we are able to eliminate the fat and enhance the overall business health.

-Reduce construction cost not to exceed to the building allowance!
-Consolidate 5 floors into 3!
-Boost morale, enthusiasm and pride!
-APPROPRIATELY balance all work process patterns!
-Create a QUALITY environment with an economy of means!
-Establish and implement the essentials of a PRODUCTIVE work place
-Build upon and celebrate the givens of your building -- It's free!
-Allow the diversity and vitality of your people to illuminate and invigorate their work place.

Contact Hal Matthews, matthewh@workplayce.com
or Fred Rieber rieberf@workplayce.com