{"id":618129,"date":"2023-03-15T09:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/welcome-to-the-comfy-office-of-the-future\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T09:49:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:49:02","slug":"welcome-to-the-comfy-office-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/welcome-to-the-comfy-office-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Comfy Office of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Picture yourself living<\/span> in the manicured, walkable suburbs of Bethesda, Maryland. You work full-time at a multinational corporation, but your two children and two dogs require seemingly constant attention. Pandemic lockdown was tough, but it forced you to pull together a home office that now fits like a glove.<\/p>\n

Sure, it\u2019s frustrating to be interrupted by your sick 3-year-old when you\u2019re pitching a bold new idea to VPs. But life is better when you can be more accessible to your children, make lunch at home, and take the dogs for a walk around noon.<\/p>\n

And yet \u2026 sometimes you catch yourself dreaming of a few hours of deep-focus time. You really do need a haircut and to hit the gym more often. And it would be nice to have some more casual time with your boss not via scheduled Zoom call. But going to the office isn\u2019t worth the time and hassle of driving and arranging childcare, and no one can have it all. Or can they?<\/p>\n

If your fictional suburban avatar works for Marriott International, then the solution to their problems may in fact be to spend\u00a0more<\/em> time at the office. The company opened a new 785,000-square-foot headquarters in downtown Bethesda late last year that was designed to compete\u2014and win\u2014against the allure of work-from-home. The first floor has a public plaza and coffee shop, the second a dining hall with outdoor seating, and the third a gym and childcare center. A doggy daycare and a spa sit just blocks from the building. You can eat, exercise, shower, and meet with your manager all in a space that feels more like a hotel rather than an office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marriott\u2019s headquarters, constructed almost entirely during the pandemic, was designed by Gensler, one of the world\u2019s largest architecture and design firms. Gensler helped define the cutting edge of what the office used to be, through projects with clients including Adobe, NVIDIA, and Airbnb. Now that it has become clear that many workers prefer home over the offices of 2019, Gensler and Marriott are among a swathe of companies attempting to launch a new concept of the office that can prosper in the WFH Covid era.<\/p>\n

What does this new version of the office look like? A kaleidoscope of hotel, spa, restaurant, library, and home. \u201cDuring the pandemic, when all of a sudden we\u2019re all sitting at our dining room tables, Marriott didn\u2019t blink. They said, \u2018You know what, we agree with the strategy that an amenity-rich environment is going to draw people back to work,\u2019\u201d Jordan Goldstein, an architect and managing principal for Gensler, tells WIRED.<\/p>\n

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