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Open floor office concept.
In recent years open plan office spaces became a trend that businesses were quickly jumping on.
In the open floor plan concept the kitchen cooking center was now becoming the center for social activity.
The theory of open office plans is that the humans occupying such spaces will become more collaborative and increase their face to face interactions.
The accidental collisions facilitated by open offices and free spaces can.
Few people like an open office floor plan and a new study suggests its design has little effect on how we work.
In fact approximately 70 percent of all offices now have an open floor plan.
By the 1990s open floor plans became almost the norm for new construction especially in suburban environments and that trend holds true today where being able to use the terms open floor plan open concept or great room adds.
Open plan offices large open spaces shared work areas and few private offices are all the rage.