It can be said that the biggest change in office over the past two years due to the pandemic is the work environment and way. Most companies were flexible about switching to telecommuting. However, even with the advent of the Endemic era, many people who experienced telecommuting preferred home and were reluctant to go to the office. 

Conversely, I am now deeply concerned about an efficient office that is more comfortable and can focus more on work than at home. "SOMA POD" is an offline service space for the metaverse virtual office called "SOMA", ZIGBANG's new work environment.  When the pandemic began, ZIGBANG eliminated its existing headquarters and all employees started working remotely online on the metaverse "SOMA". During online remote work, SOMA POD, an offline service space, is used when a task that requires high concentration without interference from anyone or emotional communication of members is needed. 

This space is an office concept that strongly connects online and offline that has not been seen in existing offices, and "SOMA POD" is designed to provide a comfortable and focused space with an open meeting space and hidden rest space to improve work performance. "SOMA POD" means a small 2Mx2.5M device with a built-in program that is freely accessible and accessible at any time. Here, we wondered whether only a small closed space used by one person was optimized for immersion, and we found that the work environment in a closed space rather blurred concentration and could not stay in the space for a long time. 

In order to work well and stay here for a long time, I thought it was an important task to look at the open view or to provide emotional comfort in contact with nature. In order to solve this problem, we placed a POD to be used by one person at a window with a good view, and made the front of each POD into glass, opening our view and allowing us to look outside during work. Inside the POD, a plant garden is placed to look at the green plants of all seasons through the window, and when you go outside the POD, you can hear the sound of birds, wind, and water, so that users can feel closer to nature. 

The ceiling of the hallway and pillar contrasting with the bright-toned POD gives a calm impression so that it can be concentrated on work. The light falling through the ceiling of the white grid gently lit the corridor and neutralized the heavy clumps and atmosphere of the standardized threads. In addition, the shadows created through the grid louver of the ceiling add an external feeling, recognize it as an external space due to the trees placed between the corridors, and place spaces where you can relax while feeling cozy warmth. 

The inner hall hopes to deploy virtual digital windows that can be connected to natural plants to extend to users in a variety of time zones and infinite spaces with rich content in digital windows, providing better experience and sustainability, and more possibilities beyond office functions.