The big shift towards home office caused by the COVID-19 outbreak has led many to wonder if offices have a future. The change has not been well received by many employees, nor has it been easy for them, so we are convinced that it is of crucial importance to figure out the future we are moving towards as organizations and the role spaces will play in the near future.

As we mentioned in the research and diagnostic document “5 mega trends”, developed by spAce a few months ago, the COVID-19 outbreak, among many other things, has been a trend accelerator. We could focus on the particular trends that have accelerated or only see the superficial consequences such as the increase in remote work, but there is a more complex and much more interesting underlying trend.

For two decades we have questioned multiple organizations about the role of spaces and the transcendence in their success. At that time, scientific research about the impact of space on the behavior and psyche of its users was really limited, luckily, a global movement was beginning to rise.