Coworking Space Layout
A coworking space layout has to suit people who come for an hour and people who stay all week. Zone it, with desks in one part, a meeting table in another and soft seating in a third, and you keep quiet work away from the conversations.
Example: three zones in one room
Furniture in this layout
- 6 × Desk: 1.40 m × 0.70 m (4′ 7″ × 2′ 4″)
- 6 × Chair: 0.48 m × 0.50 m (1′ 7″ × 1′ 8″)
- 1 × Meeting table, 6 people: 1.80 m × 0.90 m (5′ 11″ × 2′ 11″)
- 6 × Visitor chair: 0.55 m × 0.55 m (1′ 10″ × 1′ 10″)
- 1 × Sofa: 2.10 m × 0.90 m (6′ 11″ × 2′ 11″)
- 1 × Coffee table: 1.10 m × 0.60 m (3′ 7″ × 2′)
- 1 × Armchair: 0.85 m × 0.85 m (2′ 9″ × 2′ 9″)
- 2 × Bookshelf: 0.90 m × 0.35 m (2′ 11″ × 1′ 2″)
Room sizes are measured between wall center lines, the way the editor measures rooms. Open the layout to move, resize or add anything.
How the zones are arranged
The desks are on the left: a block of four and two more against the bottom wall, with about 1.1 m (3′ 7″) between the chair backs. The meeting table sits in the opposite corner, and the lounge, a sofa, an armchair and a low table, takes the corner nearest to it, so talking stays on one side of the room.
Shelving along the top wall stands in for lockers or shared storage. Everything is in one 9 × 6 m (29′ 6″ × 19′ 8″) room of 54 m² (581 sq ft); open it to add walls, phone booths or more desks.
Zones to plan for
Focused desks
Fixed or bookable desks in the quietest part of the space, away from the entrance.
Meeting tables
A table for four to six, or a closed meeting room when members need privacy.
Lounge
Soft seating for short stays, breaks and informal meetings.
Arrival and reception
Somewhere to welcome members and guests as they come in.
Storage
Lockers or shelving for people who do not have a desk of their own. The office library has lockers of 0.9 × 0.5 m (2′ 11″ × 1′ 8″).
Phone booths
A booth for calls takes about 1 × 1 m (3′ 3″ × 3′ 3″) of floor, the size of the library's phone booth; the Phone booth preset furnishes a small room as one.
Planning a coworking space
Draw the space
Draw the walls to measure and add columns, doors and windows.
Zone it
Decide which part is quiet and which is social, and mark the areas with text labels or internal walls. Put the desks of each area in a colored seat zone, so the plan and the Seats panel show which desks belong where.
Furnish each zone
Add desks and chairs, tables and seating, then set each piece to the size of your furniture.
Try alternatives
Duplicate the project on the start screen, so you keep the first layout while you try another.
Related layouts
- Open office layout with desk clustersMore desks, arranged in repeated groups.
- Office template with break roomA complete floor with workspace, meeting room and break room.
- Office capacity calculatorDesks that fit a floor area at your area per person, and the people they support with desk sharing.
- Floor area calculatorAdd up several rooms to get the total floor area of a home or office.
Frequently asked questions
Can I book desks or manage members with this?
No. MyFloorPlanMaker draws the floor plan and can number the desks. Booking and member management need separate software; the seat schedule CSV, with each desk's code, zone, floor and room, gives you a desk list to set it up with.
How many desks fit in my coworking space?
For a first estimate from the floor area, use the office capacity calculator. To see what fits, draw the space, select the desk area and run desk auto-fill; the Seats panel then counts the desks and compares them with the capacity of the floor area.
Can I plan a coworking space on several floors?
Yes. Add floors above or below, connect them with a stair, and check the area of each floor or the whole building in the area schedule.
Can members see the layout?
Export the plan as a PDF, SVG or PNG image to print or post, or send a share link: anyone who opens it can view the plan and open their own copy in the editor.