What are the things you should consider before designing an office space?

The human dimensions 

The location

The lighting needed for the space

The style

The cost

budget 

space usage 

style

 transparency and camaraderie.

privacy 

space flexibility 

 reception area

What do I want my office space to say about the company

What kind of employee behavior do they  want to encourage

 employees  socializing   and  relaxing.

making the space as green as possible.

Consider what the client wants first. then proceed to the technicalities and requirements of the design of the space like:

What type of Office?

Traffic Flow: Floor Plan Layout that matches the needs and wants of the office space

Then proceed to aesthetic requirements of the office.

Space dimension and measurements.

the variety and the possible number of different interior designs sketchs that it will be able to adapt according to the function.

the first thing is the Activity and Type or nature of the office and the End users

the Client needs for the end users

number of the users and the level of their anthropocentric nature

the concept of it

Activity and lighting needed

Furniture spaces needed and color theme( can be from the nature of office )

implementing new technologies and materials and innovations 

i need the dimension of the area then i will design concept the flow of facilities then i need budget, then i will go  for estimate of materials, then inattallation

First of all made an sketch with gathering information with different premises:

-Quantity of meters

-Quantity of employees

-Spaces for bathrooms?

-Spaces for the employees (work jobs).

-Possibility general tiny kitchen area for coffee machine?

-Spaces for quantity of dispatches or will be open areas depend the premises?

-All of this applying "Golden proportions" stablished yet for Galileo and explained in the "Neufert book" of architecture.

1) Floor plan as in empty box

2) Client's requirement and their input, as what kind of environment they prefer as according to their industry standards.

3) Rough sketch on the spot while with the client on 2nd meeting about the ideas according to their specifications and the expertise of the designer.

4) Functionality of the design ( furniture layout, lighting, Office equipment easy to reach placement, Storage spaces other than furniture etc.) the functional square / triangle is important.

5) Client's satisfaction on the verbal and sketch presentation of a initial design phase

6) 2D & 3D designs as on finalized sketches to make them how the space is going to look with a marginal difference if any during construction.

7) Budget summary/ details agreement and then final quotations.

The budget; location; and the end users' design preferences, always...

In my opinion, a designer should be able to determine what TYPE of office will be used so he/she could have a primary perspective on a general scale for the least. then from that, He then considers the materials (i.e. machines, furniture & etc) to be used to be able to manage the given area for work-flow of the end user. determining the dimensions and types of materials (i.e. machines,devices, furniture & etc) to be used isa key factor for the design concept of the office. The designer should also consider the number of end users so as to know how to render the necessary, required space for each of them.