I just want a non-prescriptive approach. Ideally offices will become collaboration spaces, and largely there to foster and facilitate social interaction. Meaning more table tennis less desks.
employer rents a desk/office in a larger facility (or multiple) and allows office working staff to travel less.
like a gym membership. sign up to one, use any of the same companies gyms. but with a desk or office, you can book ahead.
no central office with people commuting 40+ mins each way, less need for public transport, could also lower cost of renting an entire building/parking/insurance etc
I can work from home for the most part but would be nice to be able to take 10-15 minutes to walk or ride to an office and use the resources of an office. and play table tennis
Take a dance class. Become a volunteer firefighter. Deliver meals to the elderly. Join a choir. Play darts down the pub. Join an ultimate frisbee team.
Lots of people like offices for the social connection. That’s cool, but if you can’t get that social connection outside an office it’s a problem you should do some work on.
If your entire social world would be brought undone by losing a job, that’s a problem.