The maximum number of people that the space can designed to accommodate for simultaneous use when fully occupied; for example, the maximum number of employees in an office, the maximum number of diners in a restaurant, the maximum number of spectators in a stadium, and so on. This figure may be exceeded if the space is over-occupied.
A meeting or conference room Capacity is typically the number of seats that the room is designed to accommodate in its usual layout. However, in some contexts it is relevant to record the range of capacities that a space (e.g. a reconfigurable meeting room) can accommodate.
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Chris has spent 25 years in technology and over 20 years in real estate. He is passionate about enabling high-productivity and reducing costs in the work place – using rigorous, evidence-led methods to provide spaces that people love and in which they can be happy. Blending his background in mathematics (in which he holds an MA from Cambridge University), music (playing piano and guitar), tenacity (most recently tested in his marathon running) and curiosity, Chris often finds himself in unanticipated and unexplored territories, and this is where he feels alive. He is an award winning public speaker, leads Chaucer’s Global Workplace Practice and also consults independently as Serendipity29.
