Today, the workplace has gelled into a mix of grey office buildings and nature. We’ve discovered the value in nature and natural sunlight to productivity. People absorb Vitamin D through the skin and eyes. Where there’s a health benefit, there’re savings for the company in lost time and insurance coverage. So, commercial landscaping and outdoor furnishing companies have taken advantage of the new niche.
Outdoor Work space Designing Niche
They specialize in this design. Each company has to adapt to the environment that they design the outdoor work space for. For instance, weather and wear and tear are two of the greatest concerns next to durability. There are dozens of people at one time using the furniture for eight or more hours a day, five days per week.
Some of those design plans can include covered, open-air patios with operational work stations. Other outdoor designs can sprawl terraces on multi-floor structures. While other spaces are on the roof of buildings that house vegetable gardens and atrium.
They make great spaces to move the body in the great outdoors. Some companies have taken advantage of this too. Lunch and learn yoga breaks and stress reduction classes. This ensures increased focus and concentration hence, happier and more engaged employees.
What can it all look like?
With all the above creative commercial landscaping, imagine the transformation. Instead of employees that are cooped up in cubicles with stale air who focus and concentrate as well as a tse-tse fly, you have the direct opposite. Employees with incredible focus and concentration whose nervous systems, brain and immunity are stronger than ever. They no longer call in sick because they have stress attributed to a dull and depressing environment.
The Science that Backs it:
Mellon University did a controlled study that found the productivity to be …
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