Feeling O'Canine (Interior Major Project) | Page 20

2. CONCEPT
BARK OFFICE, OHIO
Bark is a company that sells subscription box easy task, as well as the carpets being made of
dog toys, and so often employees anD volunteers woven PVC to avoid tear, on top of this the space
bring their dogs into the office to test the toys is equipped with a rubber floored dog play area.
and give an understanding of how the different The different workspaces are designed to allow
dogs can interact with the products. With this in humans to work side by side with their dogs, with
mind designing an ergonomic office for the human smaller meeting rooms and wall built in cubbies
occupants was not enough. Per day 40-50 dogs which allow the dogs to sit without being too
can enter the workspace, so in order for the office distracted.
to be safe, hygienic controlled and of course fun,
the space was designed with both humans and In every space, the dogs and their owners are
dogs in mind (Schwab, K. 2019).
considered Bark’s vice president of workplace
The fabrics in the spaces are lined with an experience and people operations, Emily Muhl,
impermeable membrane making cleaning an stated when interviewed: “Our workstations have
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