The mobile office will be a support hub, providing professional facilities to employees working from home.
Jack Carter Architects has published proposals for how bespoke vehicles could be used to bring the standards and capabilities of remote working environments up towards those commonly seen in modern offices. The practice last year secured planning consent for a £75 million office scheme on Merseyside for Santander – before it was put on hold by the banking giant in September with so many employees working from home during the pandemic.
Carter believes there will be a slow and staggered return to offices next year with many people continuing to do more work remotely than they did before the coronavirus.
‘During the pandemic, the focus has been on technology, making remote working secure,’ he told the AJ (architectsjournal webside). ‘But if this is to become a long-term option, we feel more needs to be done to support staff’.
Carter said the practice would work with any individual client to design support hubs to meet their specific needs. The vehicle outlined in the blueprint offers the possibility of high-quality audio and visual calls as well as space for a socially distanced one-on-one meeting.
The vehicles would be built on the chassis of an electric van and adapted using modular internal parts to offer high quality, sustainable workspace promoting employee wellbeing and the ability to work professionally. They could also feature workshops so engineers could deliver ergonomic and cutting-edge equipment to employees’ homes and fix items where required.
