Will the hybrid office ever feel like home?

Experts say in this new world of work, the answer to making the office feel less sterile isn't necessarily bringing back seating plans and family portraits. Employers are aware of the jarring changes; in response, many are bringing in design experts to recalibrate the workplace’s function, and consider what a worker-friendly space actually means in the hybrid age.

“It’s still important to give people a sense of belonging in a physical space,” says Chris Crawford, studio director at design and architecture firm Gensler, in London. “They still need a home base to anchor themselves. Although that’s still often a desk, the aim is to get people out of the mindset that a one-metre by one-and-a-half-metre piece of office furniture is where they belong.”

Crawford says architectural features now prompt workers to think of their entire floor as their own physical environment: interactive elements encourage employees to move around; open staircases connect disparate workspaces; lockers mean personal items can be stored for safekeeping, rather than kept on a desk.

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