Office buildings with an endless number of floors and offices are an indispensable element in almost all modern cities. It is in these special rooms that 95% of the work process takes place. Therefore, an office in a modern style should be equipped so that it is comfortable and as functional as possible for a person who sometimes spends 12 hours a day in it.
Office buildings with an endless number of floors and offices are an indispensable element in almost all modern cities
Most people associate the word "office" exclusively with office work, documents, meetings, office equipment and other. However, not everyone works in offices. There are many professions that you can do without leaving your own home (creative professions, for example). And after an eight-hour office work, many, as they say, take home work, for which the apartment needs at least a computer desk. In other words, the workplace. Therefore, in modern realities, all offices can be divided into two main groups: home and office.
Contemporary home office: highlights
On the one hand, working from home has many advantages - a comfortable environment, the ability to manage time and work literally in a bathrobe and slippers. On the other hand, there are also disadvantages: everything around is maximally conducive to depriving the working mood. Therefore, it is ideal, when possible, to equip a home office in a separate room, room. If this is not possible, you will have to combine the premises. Some people manage to equip a workplace ... under the stairs leading to the second floor. True, it will consist of one small table, which will simultaneously act as a shelf.
Let's start arranging an office at home with the main thing - choosing a room. In this case, a separately located. This could be:
In order for a home office in a modern style to have all the pronounced interior and functional advantages, it must be comfortable, logically organized, convenient, everything in it must be thought out to the smallest detail, since most often the smallest room in an apartment or house is assigned to the office. The interior design should be based on the following points:
If an attic or basement is chosen, they may be geometrically irregular, with a sloped ceiling, asymmetrical corners or other "charms" that will somewhat complicate the layout. In addition, the basement or attic may not have windows at all, therefore, great attention should be paid to proper lighting.
The purpose of the home office is something that should be based on, since the “player's” office on the Forex exchange will differ significantly from the office of an illustrator, for example. And everything in this room should correspond to the occupation of the owner.
Attention! Since the office is located in the apartment, the style of the interior should be taken into account when designing it. If the apartment is decorated in country style, the high-tech office will look more than strange, although this style is more suitable for it.
Office of the house: layout, decoration, organization of space
The main principles of organizing a home office are simplicity, conciseness, functionality to an excellent degree. After all, the home environment is not conducive to work anyway, so the office should mobilize as much as possible for it with its entire interior. Everything here should be ergonomic, strict and functional, so that there is no opportunity to relax.
Modern style is minimalism in the absolute, the main principles of which are:
The only thing that can be allowed some liberty is the color accents and the gamut in general. But so that it does not distract from work.
Since the room is likely to be small, a system for storing documents should be very well thought out. The ideal option is pull-out, built-in structures, open shelves, transformer models, when a computer desk, for example, will have shelf superstructures, attachments.
The design of an office in an apartment in a modern style involves the choice of wood as the main decorating material. And this also applies to furniture. However, the modern style is quite democratic and allows free mixing of materials - wood, plastic, metal. No fancy finishes, carvings, inlays, massive legs, countertops: furniture should be simple, functional, ready at any time for rearrangement, transformation. The walls of the home office are painted or pasted over with neutral wallpaper. The same can be said about the ceiling. The floor is most often linoleum or laminate, but it can also be a discreet synthetic covering with minimal nap.
Lighting can be a problem in the home office. There are three reasons for this: the absence of windows (basement, attic), the movement of the sun during the day, if any, the right-handedness or left-handedness of the owner of the office. You will be working at home all day, so you need to pay special attention to the second reason (the movement of the sun). You may want to place your desk right next to the window to make the most of natural light resources.
For right-handers, the luminous flux should fall on the left, for left-handers, vice versa. The table must be equipped with a table lamp. In this case, the main ceiling must also be present.
Advice! You can increase the amount of light in the office due to the maximum number of light surfaces. This applies to both furniture and decoration. They will reflect every natural and artificial ray. And also - to increase the space!
Executive office design in a modern style
Now let's talk about the office in its usual generally accepted understanding - the office of the head. Since this is the most important room in a company, a firm, where decisions that are fateful for its future are made, its thoughtfulness should be ideal and correspond to three main "whales": functionality, consistency in the general corporate style, comfort. All executive offices are usually divided into 3 areas:
The main subject of the working area of the executive's office is, of course, a writing desk of impressive size. Often this piece of furniture is made up of several sections. This is the main table, briefing area, side elements on which a computer, other gadgets, a safe, desktop shelves, document stands, writing utensils, personal belongings can be located.
The working area also includes shelving cabinets for documents. The entire furniture ensemble of a modern office is made of wood in neutral tones. Mixing of several materials is allowed - plastic, glass, metal. The geometry of the cabinets and the table is simple, functional, colors are neutral or as light as possible. Some sections in the cabinets can be pulled out or folded out to improve overall ergonomics.
The cabinet in a modern style, as shown by almost all photos, has a meeting area or table for meetings, negotiations, briefings. Often it adjoins the manager's desk perpendicularly or stands alone. This is a wide table of simple geometry, which can have built-in sections for writing instruments for each participant, as well as pull-out panels where computer (tablet) monitors are "hidden". After all, modern style is also the corresponding "stuffing" from computer technology of the most modern models and systems. Chairs for participants should be as comfortable and ergonomic as possible, so as not to get tired during hours of meetings. Most often these are leather, soft models with a springy metal frame.
A relaxation area is extremely important for a modern executive office. It can be just a sofa set surrounded by large plants in tubs and an aquarium. Or a separate room, into which a "secret" door will lead. In any case, rest for the manager is extremely necessary, especially for the one who often has to spend at work not only days, but also nights.
