{"id":3000027041,"date":"2021-01-20T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?p=3000027041"},"modified":"2021-07-09T14:07:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:07:19","slug":"the-wework-architect-designing-collaboration-hubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/employee-spotlight\/the-wework-architect-designing-collaboration-hubs","title":{"rendered":"The WeWork architect designing collaboration hubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Less than a year after arriving at WeWork, David Zhai\u2019s work changed drastically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a leader of the spatial strategies team at WeWork, David Zhai oversees the creation, implementation, and rollout of WeWork\u2019s design standards<\/a> and space planning principles. The latest project for his team, collaboration hubs, was born as a result of changing workplace trends<\/a>, including the shift to a more flexible and distributed workspace model. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe future workforce will demand more flexibility<\/a>, especially in where, when, and how they work. But companies and employees alike still really desire meeting in person<\/a> for specific work activities that can’t happen at home,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collaboration hub emerged from trends in the workplace, as well as a response to member requests. \u201cWe were hearing feedback from our enterprise members saying, \u2018I really want to come back to the workplace<\/a> but don\u2019t know how. Do you guys have any offerings or solutions that can help?\u2019\u201d says Zhai. Through iterative feedback, Zhai\u2019s team is making continual improvements to the offering that it developed and rolled out.<\/p>\n\n\n