When more office staff return to work in level 3 of the lockdown, it will be a very different space they walk into from the one they left nine weeks earlier.
Pretoria - When more office staff return to work in level 3 of the lockdown, it will be a very different space they walk into from the one they left nine weeks earlier and the traditional open-plan office may be gone for good.
But, there has been an ongoing debate relating to the effectiveness of open-plan offices in recent years and the pandemic may provide the impetus for a change in the way we work. Multi-storey buildings are designed around a sealed lift core, situated more or less in the centre, and staff tend to congregate at lift lobbies at peak times such as on arrival.
In an open-plan office, face-to-face desks and those that are adjacent must make way for desks which are spaced 2m apart. Where this is not possible, screens must be installed or certain desks should be marked as out of bounds, said Grootboom.
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