Office space planning is probably the most important stepping stone towards an optimally functional workspace. Space utilisation is easy. Optimum space utilisation is difficult. As an office space design company in Sydney, we’ve seen several offices which were laid out and organised so poorly that they ended up looking cramped and uncomfortable.

You don’t necessarily have to have a huge office (though that helps) to get a clear, clutter-less look. An experienced office partitions specialist or an office fit out company will be able to draw up an office space planning layout that allows you get the most out of the office space you currently have without making it look cluttered.

Given below are some office space planning ideas that are commonly used to optimise space utilisation. But, every office and every business is different and will require a different, custom-made approach to ensure that its space is being optimally harnessed.

1. Plasterboard or glass walls: Today, businesses have realised that the key to productivity and successful collaboration is a more team-based environment. As such, plasterboard and glass walls are increasingly being used in a manner that allows easy communication and yet maintain a modicum of privacy. Knowing whether you should be using plasterboard or glass wall partitions or not, how high they should be and where they should be positioned are important if you wish to use partitions to optimally utilise space without giving your office a boxed-up look.

2. Modern furniture: Clean, sleek and minimal furniture is the in thing for corporate spaces. Not without good reason. Modern furniture is designed such that it eats up relatively little space and yet lends a professional look to your office. When you get down to office space planning the next time, make sure that you seriously consider replacing your old furniture.

3. Club ‘em together: Resources that are shared by your employees, such as printers or photocopiers can be clubbed together and placed out of the way in a defined section of your office out of the line of sight of your employees and visitors.

After all’s said and done, we strongly advise keeping your employees at the heart of your office space planning. They are the one’s who’d either benefit or bear the brunt of your office space design ideas.