The process of easing the restrictions is gradually started taking shape with the regulations being relaxed and the roads starting to bustle like before. But with the cases on rise, slow and steady is the way forward. For a lot of us going back to office won’t be the same as before.

While most of the employees are still working from home till 2021, there is a need for organizations to take the employees back to fill in as securely as could be expected under the circumstances. Employees are exhausted of the mental and monetary cost the pandemic has taken on their lives but at the same time there is a rising question of safety at workplace. However, the need to return to work to accommodate themselves and their families still steers the wheel. That implies businesses need to retrofit the working environment with what they have today, utilizing the hygiene regulations accessible presently.

As the employees adjust to this new normal, businesses ought to begin executing changes to reconfigure the working environment that will feel homely in a familiar sense and permit individuals to return. There will be an earnestness to return to where we were, however, to push ahead, be versatile and flourish. As we re-examine the work environment, scientific arrangements need to be incorporated with rising innovation to convey worker security and a considerably more significant level of representative prosperity.

Future designs will try and incorporate both the virtual and physical space. People are starting to realize the vital role of Virtual platforms in daily use. This will be kept in mind while design going ahead like the lighting of the space for cameras and muffed or reverberating sounds for the microphones.

When returning to the workplace after the entire gamut of work mannerisms has been upended, offices won’t just be places to come and work, it will now be a ‘third space’. Not only fun, but in the sense of sharing the feeling of coming from a common situation and not just restricting to exchange of greetings. The significance of interior design and mental and physical wellbeing is now more vital than any time in recent memory. Businesses should consider how we can aid emotional wellness through the environment of the office, utilizing lighting, materials, sound and acoustics. It’s going to be a complex situation, but at the same time, a long-awaited return and hopefully with all the wisdom we have acquired during this turmoil.

From where we are standing what seems of utmost importance is making the workplace design more employee-centric than ever. The workplace of the future should aid productivity along with the need to socialize but with social distancing.