In Hong Kong’s competitive commercial real estate market, co-working space providers are adding new features to attract prospective users to their property. So when Eaton Club decided to launch a fintech hub and social work club, it worked with Space Matrix to create an exclusive office-cum-leisure space.
Hong Kong is no doubt a bustling metropolis of gleaming skyscrapers that has been attracting organisations to set up regional offices. In particular, Mainland Chinese companies took up a record 43% of new commercial leases in Hong Kong’s Central last year.
If the year 2017 was an exciting time for technology lovers, this year promises to be even more so. For those of us in the design industry, the buzz around digital reality (DR) – the coming together of technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), immersive technologies and mixed reality (MR) – is opening up opportunities to improve the client experience, make projects more collaborative and reduce planning time.
When Microsoft transcended into a new generation of innovations, they wanted an office that encapsulated this refreshed design thinking - one which humanises technology and innovation.
Traditional office designs are often rigid and segmented, leading to uninspiring work conditions, and thus, a lack of efficiency and output. Whereas, modern work cultures are built on improvisation and collaboration. To reflect this, workspaces have to be designed to be agile, flexible and inclusive.