Estonian manufacturer of modular pods offers to save on office space

Office pods provide time saving and productivity benefits, but Silen, Estonian manufacturer of modular spaces, argues there are other major benefits that some don’t consider.

Office pods and modular meeting rooms address unique problems that standard offices do not. Instead of employees needing to occupy a full meeting room for a phone call, they can use a soundproof phone booth. The days of small teams taking up the largest meeting room are coming to an end with the availability of modular office pods. So, what will happen to the cumbersome and rigid conference rooms of the past? Well, nothing, at least for the moment.

Some examples of current generation of office pods and modular meeting rooms being offered in the market are just as rigid as the conference rooms they are trying to replace. They do not adapt to customer’s needs. A company would only save on construction and removal costs for partition walls. It is important for businesses to utilize their resources as effectively as possible, and that’s exactly what office pods ought to do.

Silen Spaces offer unique features such as interlocking design, allowing pods to connect like puzzle pieces. This means that if a bigger meeting room is needed for a client brief, two of the same Silen Spaces can be connected together to create an even bigger meeting room. Small team meetings scheduled on a certain day of the week can be held in the spaces that easily disconnect and return to their original format.

It’s no secret – office space is expensive. This is one of the driving factors in most company’s decision to transition to open plan offices, with some estimates that the cost of office space per employee can run up to $16,000 USD per year. Silen estimates that if a company replace just one 8-person meeting room with a Silen Space 4, it can save a minimum of 250 square feet of space. The list below shows how much money that translates to per city.

City Average Yearly Cost of 250 ft² of Office Space (USD)

Dubai $10900
Paris $14200
Sydney $21650
Singapore $23350
San Francisco $26250
London $30500
Tokyo $31250
New York $38250

Office pods manufactured by Silen do not need the space around it. Pods can be pushed together so they take up minimal space maximizing cost savings.