How Ecological Office Design Builds a Bridge Between Our Indoor and Outdoor Lives

by Dayton Rush The outdoors is a critical factor to maintaining balance mentally, emotionally, and creatively. And yet, we spend about 90% of our time indoors. On a day-to-day basis, it’s safe to say we’re not achieving anywhere near perfect balance. But rather than thinking of the two spaces as one versus the other, we can blend them — or at least create a seamless transition between the two — by leveraging ecological design thinking. When talking with clients, our team frequently gets requests for improvements that will impact workers’ wellbeing, increase opportunities for collaboration, and provide greater flexibility (especially as it relates to hybrid work models). Much like communities at the city level, these clients are looking to optimize their spaces for their community, the workforce, which means enabling movement, easily and freely, to find a place that best suits groups and individuals for the task at hand, and …