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Office layouts
Office floor plan maker
An open plan fits 16 workstations in 1,143 sq ft (71 sq ft per workstation, meeting and break room included); the same space with four private offices holds 8 (139 sq ft each). Open either layout in the editor, move the desks and every room keeps its area on the plan.
Drawing is free. A clean export costs $5 per home, or Pro from $24 a month.
By the Squaremetry team · Updated
Floor plan of an open-plan office drawn in the editor: four bench desks for four, a meeting room for eight, a break room, a restroom and storage.
Three office layouts
The open plan and the private offices use the same outside walls; the small office is a smaller space for six. Each link opens that office in the editor.
Open plan: four bench desks for four, a meeting room for eight, a break room, a restroom and storage. 16 workstations.Open the open plan in the editor
Private offices: four private offices on a corridor, a reception, a meeting room for eight and a team room with four desks. 8 workstations.Open the private offices in the editor
Small office: six desks along the walls, a round table, a meeting room, a kitchenette, a restroom and storage. 6 workstations.Open the small office in the editor
Workstations and area
Area inside the walls of all rooms, from the calculation engine; a workstation is a desk with an office chair
Workstations and area
Layout
Workstations
Floor area
Per workstation
Meeting room
Open plan
16
1,143 sq ft
71 sq ft
179.9 sq ft
Private offices
8
1,113.2 sq ft
139 sq ft
196.3 sq ft
Small office
6
675.5 sq ft
113 sq ft
110.6 sq ft
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Types of office layouts
Open plan: desks in shared benches, with the meeting and break rooms closed off. It fits the most people: here 16 workstations, and the open office itself is 51 sq ft per desk.
Private offices: a room per person along a corridor. Quiet, but the corridor and the walls take space: here 8 workstations in the same shell, with the corridor at 182.7 sq ft.
Hybrid: open desks for daily work with a meeting room and a table for short talks, like the small office. Many teams mix these, room by room.
Area per room of the open plan
Rooms of the open-plan office
Area inside the walls per room, from the calculation engine
Rooms of the open-plan office
Room
Area
Open office
813.1 sq ft
Meeting room
179.9 sq ft
Break room
76.6 sq ft
Storage
36.5 sq ft
Restroom
36.9 sq ft
All rooms
1,143 sq ft
How we measure offices
Squaremetry has no measuring rule of its own for offices yet: an office is measured with the rule for homes, and this page shows the area of each room inside the walls. A lease may use another method.
Space around desks and tables
Each piece in the library carries the free space it needs and where that number comes from. Where no guideline exists, we say it is our own rule of thumb.
Free space per piece
Sizes and free space from the furniture library of the editor (US)
Free space per piece
Piece
Size (w × d)
Free space
Source
Desk
5′ × 2′ 6″
48″ in front, at least 36″
Dimensions.com
Meeting table for 8
10′ × 4′
36″ all around, at least 32″
Our rule of thumb
Reception desk
7′ × 6′
48″ in front, at least 36″
Our rule of thumb
Round table, 4 seats
4′ × 4′
36″ all around, at least 32″
NKBA
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What is free and what costs
Office plans in Squaremetry
Office plans in Squaremetry
What
Price
Draw the office, place furniture, see every area, 3D
Free, no account
A small PNG of 800 × 450 pixels with a watermark
Free
PDF to scale, SVG, DXF and the drawing set
$5 per home, or Pro from $24 a month
How it works in the editor
1The button above opens the editor with the open-plan office. For your own office, draw the walls or type the rooms with their sizes.
2Choose Office when the editor asks what you are drawing: you get office room types and office furniture first.
3Press F or choose Furniture and search for desk, bench desk, meeting table, reception or office chair. Click in a room to place it.
4Shift+click several pieces and click Group to move a whole desk with its chairs; Save as favourite keeps it for your next office.
5Every room shows its area on the plan. Export a PDF to scale or a DXF for your landlord, architect or fit-out contractor.
Questions
Questions
About office floor plans. Can’t find your answer? Send us a message.
Draw the space with its walls, doors and windows, split it into rooms (open office, meeting room, kitchen, restroom), then place desks and tables from the library. In Squaremetry every room shows its area as you draw.
How much space does one workstation need?
A desk in our library needs 48″ in front, at least 36″. In our examples the whole office comes to 71 sq ft per workstation in an open plan and 139 sq ft with private offices, meeting and support rooms included.
What are the types of office layouts?
Open plan (shared desks, closed meeting rooms), private offices (a room per person on a corridor), and hybrid (open desks with rooms for meetings and focus). Many offices mix them.
Is there a free office floor plan creator?
Yes. In Squaremetry, drawing, placing furniture and looking in 3D are free in the browser, without an account. A PDF to scale or a DXF costs $5 per home, or comes with Pro from $24 a month.
Is there an office floor plan template?
The three layouts on this page open in the editor as a starting point. Move the desks, change a wall, and the areas follow.
Does Squaremetry measure offices by a commercial standard?
Not yet. Offices are measured with the rule for homes, and each room shows its area inside the walls. If a lease uses another method, check the numbers with that method.