While it may not be the ancient Greek agora, the
Parisian café that birthed modernism or the plywood palace
that was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT)
Building 20, the office building is not dissimilar – it too
is a hub for creativity and collaboration.
In the context of global isolation and distance, notions of
community and collaboration have assumed new meaning and worth.
Moving the office to the home, in what can only be described as the
world's largest work-from-home experiment, has meant that the
way people and corporations do business has shifted. Many have
welcomed this move, finding it easier to complete tasks at home,
and realising that this way of working is not just possible but
productive, and the office may not be as important to them as it
once was. For others, however, this change has taken away something
irreplaceable – it has deprived them of a space, a place to
meaningfully interact with colleagues, learn and flourish.
