For the office, 2024 was definitely a special year.
On the one hand, some American companies made headlines by announcing a return to the compulsory office (like Amazon), foreshadowing a step backwards on remote work in service companies, and therefore a return to the "traditional office". On the other hand, more discreetly but on a much more global scale, the hybrid mix continued to spread, with a mix undergoing a few organizational corrections, but continuing to spread.
In 2025, between flexibility, comfort, energy optimization, digital tools and internal or external events, the working environment will continue to evolve.
Following dozens of discussions with professionals in the field, here are our ten predictions that will shape tomorrow's professional spaces!
In 2025, as hybrid working continues to develop, fixed workstations will continue to lose their meaning. Fixed workstations will continue to give way to flex offices, energizing premises, multiplying chance encounters and freeing up space for collaborative zones and concentration areas. Thanks to tools like Deskare, day-to-day organization and management of spaces will become child's play, ensuring optimal, flexible use.
In 2025, sustainability in the office will go far beyond eco-friendly materials. Companies will temporarily close off floors or areas according to occupancy, reducing lighting, heating and ventilation to the spaces actually in use. This dynamic and flexible approach, adapted to the fluctuations of hybrid working, will optimize costs and carbon footprint. Carlos Martins, Head of Workplace Innovation, is a pioneer in this field, notably through his initiatives at Allianz's Neptune tower.
In 2025, working environments will be more like cocoons. Comfortable armchairs, soft lighting and relaxation areas will encourage employees to return to the site because they want to, rather than because they have to. This warm atmosphere will contribute to the balance between concentration, creativity and conviviality.
In 2025, the office will become a stage forinternal and external events. Internally, workshops, conferences and exhibitions will strengthen cohesion and commitment, making the office the very heart of every company's culture. Externally, hosting customers and partners in lively spaces - like Stuart - will raise the profile of the brand. The office will no longer be just a collection of workstations, but an agora, a place of experience.
By 2025, companies will no longer be carrying out a major development project every ten years. They will adopt a permanent evolution, guided by real-time data thanks to tools for understanding and managing spaces such as Deskare. Modular furniture, moveable acoustic booths and reconfigurable partitions will enable the "space menu" and the configuration of premises to be constantly adapted to current needs.
By 2025, the office will be transformed into a real-life social network, where every informal encounter will stimulate creativity and collective intelligence. Employees will come to the office first and foremost to see each other, as demonstrated by the recent "coffee badging" phenomenon in the USA, which showed that some employees came to the office just to socialize over coffee, before devoting themselves to more substantive tasks at home.
In 2025, the real estate industry will be mobilizing to design offices that are exemplary in terms of CSR. GA Smart Building's new head office in Toulouse (Niwa) is a symbol of this, embodying environmental intelligence, flexibility and comfort, reflecting the global awareness of the challenges of the future workplace. The projects to come in 2025 confirm this intuition.
By 2025, data on office use will be the sinews of war. Real-time monitoring of space occupancy according to various criteria will help to manage each square meter more accurately. Companies will proactively adjust layouts and resources, offering their employees a tailor-made environment, thanks to management solutions such as Deskare.
In 2025, remote work teams will continue to feel the need to meet physically to maintain cohesion and corporate culture. Work environment departments will therefore increasingly offer satellite offices (in the form of their own offices or places in coworking spaces), to fill this need by providing a local anchor point, enabling employees to get together regularly to exchange ideas and consolidate their sense of belonging. BlaBlaCar is a leader in this field, with satellite offices for its 700 employees in over 5 different cities!
To conclude, how can we not talk about AI in 2025? After a year of experimentation in 2024, 2025 will be the year of the first adoption of artificial intelligence, enabling the analysis of historical and contextual occupancy data with the aim of proposing a degree of anticipation and adapted space organization scenarios. Automatic lighting adjustment, layout scenarios, proactive temperature management: the office will act even before demand is expressed, unleashing creativity and well-being in the workplace.
In short, we believe that the office of 2025 will be more flexible, more human and more responsible ! It will combine comfort, agile layouts, energy efficiency and digital tools, all the while promoting encounters and corporate culture. A living, evolving space that will accompany organizations towards a future where performance and quality of life are one and the same.
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