The power of a considered layout is undeniable.
As people move around throughout the workday, only a small percentage of their time is spent at a desk; the rest is spent engaging with colleagues or clients in various activities. Entrawood and Entrakor’s focus is on the user experience. Creating a considered layout ensures they can transition effortlessly from one task to another whilst supporting health, comfort, flexibility, and ease of use.
This year’s Gensler Workplace Survey Report draws on insights from more than 16,400 full-time workers across 16 countries:
“The average percentage of time spent in each work mode in a typical workweek. Percentage totals may not equal 100% due to rounding to the nearest whole number. Source: Gensler Global Workplace Survey 2026.”
01. FOCUSED ME-WORK: WORKSTATIONS THAT SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL TASKS
Workstations are designed to offer ease of connectivity (wireless internet connection and tabletop power supply), reduce visual and noise distractions (acoustic screens) and support health (ergonomic chair, monitor with monitor arm to reduce neck strain, the option of height adjustable working surface to allow work to be done seated or standing) will greatly improve the wellness, temperament, and productivity of users.
02. CREATIVE OR PROBLEM-SOLVING WORK.
Increasing “mental space” also increases the likelihood of creative/divergent thoughts. Mental space can be enhanced by freedom of movement, views of the outside, “blank-page” meeting rooms with whiteboards to explore ideas. Mental space can also be improved with lower lighting and low background noise, similar to the atmosphere in a cafe, which relaxes the mind and unlocks creative thinking used for problem-solving. Rounded meeting tables focuses energy towards the centre or problem at hand rather than towards the head of the table.
03. CLIENT MEETINGS: WELCOMING AND COMFORTABLE WORK LOUNGES
Work lounges provide a relaxed and comfortable space to receive clients. To ehance the functionality provide plug-and-play solutions, consider a low mobile TV stands for presentations.
Privacy Booths are also a popular choice for meeting with clients, offering more privacy (reducing visual and noise distractions), incorporate a monitor for presentations, plug-and-play solutions to make meetings productive, whilst at the same time comfortable.
04. NETWORKING: BREAKAWAY SPACES THAT SUPPORT SOCIAL INTERACTION WITHIN A COMPANY
Incorporating relax-areas into a floor plan that allows employees to take a mental break, also offers the benefit of spontaneous collaboration and interaction that strengths internal relationships and ultimately a company’s culture, Such areas can be near coffee stations, outdoors or even an employee canteen. Bar counter height tables with high seating are usually favoured to keep interactions short but engaging.
05. TECHNOLOGY: GETTING THE OPTIMUM USE OF SPACE AND RESOURCES.
The worker has been freed from his/her desk by mobile technology and wireless connectivity. This change allows companies to have fewer workstations than employees. Plug-and-play or air-charge power sets can be incorporated into a variety of furnishings and spaces, and employees can easily connect and work from anywhere in the building.
