TITLE:
Effective Design of Coworking Spaces to Improve Users’ Experience in Lagos State, Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Muiz Wale Memud, Baharak Tabibi
KEYWORDS:
Coworker, Coworking Spaces, User Experience
JOURNAL NAME:
Art and Design Review,
Vol.11 No.2,
May
17,
2023
ABSTRACT: Coworking has increasingly become the preferred way to work globally. In Nigeria, there is a recorded exponential growth in the development of coworking spaces across the country in the last
decade. The research aims to point out that the success of these
spaces is heavily reliant on the positive experience of their users. The experience of space is determined by the quality of its architectural design in terms of ergonomics. Given the
limited research on the concept of coworking spaces and the perception of its users in Lagos State, this research sets out to establish a guided insight on ensuring users’ experience in coworking spaces in Lagos
State is improved through effective design. Following an extensive literature review
of the concept, history, and typologies of coworking spaces, the perception of user
experiences, the key drivers to the use of these spaces and its major design
consideration, this research developed a questionnaire
to achieve its outlined objectives. The data collected and analyzed provided
important insights into the reasons for choosing to cowork, the users’ perception of the existing spaces, and
the design considerations to be upheld. The
conclusion from the results was that the need for interaction is the most important driver for coworking, the coworkers were mostly
dissatisfied with the functionality of the
spaces and the need to achieve thermal comfort
was the most important design consideration for a coworker. The results of the study informed the
design of coworking spaces in Lagos State, Nigeria, and
provided recommendations for improving the user experience.