While many people still head to the office everyday, the offices they head to have undergone something of a revolution in recent years. In the past, offices were largely composed of small offices or rows of cubicles that kept employees separated. In today’s age of collaboration and innovations, many offices have moved away from keeping employees separated and moved towards the open office concept.
Open offices are typically made up of work stations positioned throughout the space without walls or cubicles. But even though this type of office design encourages collaboration and creativity, it’s not without its downsides. In a large open space, noise and distractions can impact performance and the ability for quiet contemplation. That’s where office partitions and dividers come in.
Office partitions and dividers allow companies to integrate defined work spaces, conference areas, and meeting rooms throughout the larger space without separating them completely using a variety of materials and partition styles. To achieve this, VIVA Railings offers our MetalSpaces line of products that allow you to bring your office separator ideas to life. Let’s take a look at a few ways to use office dividers and see how MetalSpace can help you achieve your vision.
1. Add Texture and Dimension
Integrating texture in office divider ideas can add dimension and character to the office space. You can also get creative with the configuration and incorporate curves rather than stick to straight lines.
2. Maintain an Open Feel
To maintain an open feel while still providing some sense of privacy or separate work spaces, partitions can only go halfway to the ceiling. This allows people to feel like they are part of the larger whole while creating separate spaces based on departments or tasks.
3. Integrate Glass
Glass partitions are a mainstay of open office designs. This room divider idea of the office creates sound privacy while maintaining a connection with the larger office space. In many cases, glass can be frosted or colored to create visual privacy as well.
4. Design a Creative Configuration
An open office doesn’t have to be a big square box. Building smaller rooms that can be used as conference or meeting rooms can create smaller nooks and other areas where you can integrate desks and workspaces that seem more private but aren’t totally cut off from the rest of the room.
5. Integrate Color
Low partitions give people a sense of having their own space without cutting them off from the larger office. To create individualization and avoid looking over a sea of sameness, using color can help distinguish one workspace from another and further brand identity and design goals.
6. Keep Glass in Play
The glass partition became a ubiquitous precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic. As COVID restrictions were lifted, many of the glass partitions were removed. But people still get colds and don’t want to spread their germs, so even though we may not see them at the grocery store or between restaurant booths, they can still work well as office partitions that create a sense of separation and protection from germs without obstructing the line of sight.
Bring Your Vision to Life with MetalSpaces
The MetalSpaces at VIVA Railings offer laser cut panels available in a variety of materials, finishes, and patterns that allow you to bring your office divider ideas to life in a unique way. We offer a large selection of primary, organic, and geometric patterns, so you can integrate the designs into the office aesthetic. You can also choose from a wide range of powder coating color choices or create a custom color for your space.
Organic Patterns
Organic patterns capture the movement of nature through varying sizes of laser cut patterns, soft lines, and natural shapes. You can also choose natural colors that mimic those found in nature.
Geometric Patterns
Our geometric patterns use unique arrays of squares, triangles, and circles to create interesting patterns, some of which offer a 3D appearance in a 2D product.
Primary Patterns
Our primary patterns offer simple predictability to enhance the office design. Powder coating options can allow the panels to complete your office partition ideas.
Our MetalSpaces panels can be integrated into an office design to act as partitions and dividers that allow you to create separation without fully cutting off the line of vision. They can be integrated with other materials like glass and wood for a truly unique space that captures the mission of the company and aids employees in focusing on their work in a beautifully designed space.
Contact the experts at VIVA Railings today to discuss ways to incorporate MetalSpaces into your office design.