Hack Coworking Blog

In our most recent articles, we took the time to iterate on Sombat Ngamchalermsak’s talk during Hack Coworking Online, all about Workplace Adaptation from 2020 and beyond, looking at the impact of COVID-19 on office design and office layout. Another angle we wanted to tackle during the event was technology in the workplace and the new trends that will rise out of COVID-19. And who better to present those than Welcomr, our challenge partner?

Following Ben Tannembaum’s presentation on the impact of COVID-19 on the coworking industry, we made our way to Bangkok, to e-meet Sombat Ngamchalermsak, Co-Founder & Director at Paperspace an architectural company with offices across South-East Asia. The first time we met Sombat was in 2018 in Bangkok at his coworking space and we loved listening to his perspective on how workspaces are constantly mutating and evolving towards new experiences. During the pandemic, we came across a really interesting study Sombat carried together with his team called “Workplace Adaptation: 2020 and beyond”.

In our previous blog post we started to explain why we started Hack Coworking: to solve issues the industry is facing in order to create the better future of coworking in a collaborative way, driven by members of coworking spaces. But the thing is, when we started Hack Coworking back in 2019, COVID-19 was not on the map. As building the future of coworking means understanding its present, we needed to address, during Hack Coworking Online, the true impact COVID-19 had on the coworking industry globally.

“Coworking Post COVID-19” is a phrase you might have read and heard over and over again over the last few months. But what does it mean? How is coworking evolving following this global outbreak? From May 28th to May 30th, we organized Hack Coworking Online, a 48h00 e-hackathon and e-conference part of our Hack Coworking global event series, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the coworking industry through various angles.

D-2 before Hack Coworking starts! Time for you to meet our last challenge sponsors, HB Reavis! Discover more about the vision and mission of the company as well as their perspective on the future of workspaces. By reading it until the end you will also discover what they will be looking for at Hack Coworking. What is HB Reavis exactly, can you tell us more about your story? Here at HB Reavis we design collaborative workspaces that enhance people’s productivity and well-being.