Team home zone
Team home zone overview, set out in the workplace design guide
Team home zones support day-to-day desk-based activity, providing dedicated work settings that enable individuals to carry out routine tasks comfortably and effectively over longer periods.
The image to the left shows a team home zone layout with typical furniture arrangements.
Home zone space types
Workstation
Workstations offer a comfortable and consistent setting for individual work within the team home zone. Designed to support focus and everyday tasks, they are arranged to promote productivity while enabling teams to work together effectively.
Touchdown workstation
Touchdown workstations provide flexible, informal desk settings for short-term use by people moving between spaces or visiting the workplace. They support focused individual work and brief periods of collaboration, offering a convenient place to work for part of the day within the team home zone.
Privacy pod

Privacy pods offer enclosed, acoustically private spaces for short periods of focused or confidential work, such as phone calls or virtual meetings. Located within the team home zone, they provide a quiet alternative to the open workplace and are designed for single occupancy, short-term use.
Single occupancy office
Single occupancy offices offer private, enclosed environments for focused work, confidential conversations and meetings with visitors or colleagues. Allocated where there is a clear business need, they are positioned close to the team home zone and designed for comfortable daily use.
Team storage
Team storage provides dedicated space for work-related materials, including business-critical hard copy documents, project files and stationery. Storage is designed to support day-to-day activity and keep work areas organised. Specialist or secure storage needs are considered where required.
Personal storage
Personal storage provides secure, on-floor space for individual belongings, typically in the form of lockers or integrated storage units. Designed for individual use, compartments are lockable, enabling people to store personal items safely and conveniently during the working day.
Take a look at more of the Government Workplace Design Guide
The Government Workplace Design Guide
This Government Workplace Design Guide is one of a suite of guidance documents and standards setting out the aspirations for government and public sector workspaces.
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Core design requirements
Our core design requirements, set out as part of the Government Workplace Design Guide.
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