As social economy develops and technology advances, all walks of life are facing significant changes at the business level. New service models and formats are constantly emerging, reshaping the industry landscape.

In this issue, we will bring you data insights on the Finance and Investment industry to help you understand the new demands that the current situation is placing on the planning of financial office spaces.

SPI@ Finance and Investment Industry

01 Spatial Proportion Index

The office space in the Finance and Investment industry is spacious and transparent, with a high proportion of channel space and fragmented space. This means that the industry places a high level of attention on corporate image internally, emphasizes the texture of office space, and has a stronger awareness of spatial planning.

02 Office Space Per Capita & Usable Seat

Office Space Per Capita (㎡/Pax)

16.2

The Finance and Investment industry has planned for a relatively generous per capita area. High-end administrative, conference, and shared spaces are used to accommodate large numbers of client receptions. Spacious and more private workstations are utilized, compatible with high confidentiality business.

Usable Seat(Seat/Pax)

2.3

The Finance and Investment industry provides users with abundant spatial resources. From a ‘people-oriented’ perspective, it creates more diversified and humanized communication environments.

03 Workspace Allocated Per Seat

The Finance and Investment industry‘s 'Workspace Allocated Per Seat' is high. This is because the leadership pays attention to employees’ office efficiency and privacy. In order to help employees release higher work pressure, enterprises will provide employees with more comfortable workstation configurations and pay attention to the creation of a sense of privacy in terms of vision and hearing.

04 Meeting Index

Besides serving the function of receiving clients, the meeting space acts as the primary window for demonstrating a company’s capabilities and corporate culture to clients. The financial sector frequently conducts routine meetings, administrative receptions, and business training, necessitating ample resources for collaborative communication to facilitate project advancement.

05 Other Resources Index

The corporate culture of the Finance and Investment industry emphasizes ‘security, precision, and reliability.’ While considering openness, space must also take into account information security, so the privacy index is at a higher level.

The Finance and Investment industry needs to configure storage space for clothing and documents. On the one hand, business attire is a must-have in this industry, and on the other hand, daily financial operations generate a large amount of paper documents and confidential documents that need to be stored and managed by category.

What insights can be gained about future space: What should be considered in the spatial planning of the Finance and Investment industry in the future?

01 More Agile

Based on the more flexible ABW (Activity-Based Working) office approach, the Finance and Investment industry is no longer constrained by fixed locations for punch-card style work. Employees now have a wider range of free choices in their work modes. In the future, a more free, agile, open, and collaborative office environment will become the prevailing trend in the financial sector. This innovation in work patterns will lead to increased efficiency while also facilitating cost optimization and enhancing employee satisfaction. We anticipate the Finance and Investment industry’s integration with more emerging technologies to continually explore super-agile office spaces tailored to its specific needs.

02 Creating high-quality office spaces

Financial enterprises need to establish a visual space image that conforms to their own culture, laying the foundation for business expansion. Appropriately using urban elements and integrating local humanistic culture can make the office space more approachable. Adding intelligent facilities (such as: visual LED screens) can make the office space more interactive and interesting, bringing a higher quality visitor experience.

03 Building Diverse Scenarios

To enhance the experience of both internal employees and external customers, functional layouts that are scientifically reasonable and optimized flow management can be employed in space planning to make spaces functionally independent yet interconnected. In addition to conventional public service areas and meeting rooms, shared spaces integrating leisure, negotiation, and salon functions can also be added. This facilitates collaborative communication during internal organization and customer reception, making the compatible scenarios within the space more diverse.

04 Balancing Openness and Privacy

In today’s increasingly open office space trend, the Finance and Investment industry still needs to retain a certain proportion of private space. By utilizing partitions and flexible planning, financial spaces can achieve free conversion between openness and privacy, meeting different needs. In the future, through elastic transformation, open spaces can accommodate customer reception, employee leisure, and waiting and resting during meetings, making the space more versatile.