The Cloud

Arch 3500

Introduction to Urban Contexts

David Lee Sophomore Spring 2021

Businesses have become very familiar with alternate modes of operations, teaching us that work can virtually follow us everywhere we go. We are now admist a global migration of the workforce from the office: remotely working from paradise, hacking the physical dimension. The main emphases for this project are mental health and the remote workplace. Architectural design is known to have great impacts on the way we perceive space and its boundaries. Therefore, designs can promote progressive mental health, which is a necessity for encouraging positive workplace morale. The remote workplace has become familiar to mostwork environments during the Covoid-19 pandemic. Business models are transforming to accommodate for both remote and in-person working, as we now know that our work can follow us anywhere in the world.

Our proejct is designed under these core values to create an inspiring working environment to accommodate the mental health of employees and the ability of businesses to perform physically and virtually. Accommodating for positive mental health in the workplace includes elements of workplace necessity as well as elements of workplace comfort such as organization and recreational areas. The office must be versatile in supporting the remote workers via long-distance outreach, through strong technical support and a reliable communication system. In person working should also transform in response to the movement of 2/3 of workers going remote. The modern office should create easy and enjoyable access for physical meetings, group collaborations, as well as create a physical host for the virtual office.