Third Place was first defined more comprehensively by the American sociologist Oldenburg at the end of the 1980s: At that time, a “third place” was a meeting place outside of the family (first place) and the world of work (second place) for conversation and inspiration with other people, including previously unknown people.

So also in cafés, airports and hotel lobbies. The term quickly developed into an all-purpose tool. Museums use it to open themselves up to additional uses. Theaters, cinemas, bookstores, churches, shopping malls too. All places where you can generate “more” and “additional” experiences.

Currently, 3rd places are more in demand than ever. Building on this development, Satellite Office offers companies exclusive “third places”. At all locations in Germany, Switzerland and soon also in Italy. This is the company’s response to the ongoing trend towards more home offices. Companies that want to offer their home office employees a base station to maintain and promote social and professional skills within the company no longer need their own company structure. This is where Satellite Office’s complete services are much more efficient: Day offices, meeting rooms in various sizes, the entire back-office processing. And all this in a first-class, high-quality and well-designed ambience – always at the very best addresses in the cities. All this is combined with the other benefits: always enough service staff, never overcrowded, everything is geared towards quiet, concentrated work (our own “pureSilent” strategy).

Third Place Offices from Satellite Office offer a variety of benefits. For employees, they offer a flexible working environment that they can use in combination with their home office as required in order to be more productive and better integrate their place of work into their daily routine. At the same time, they do not have to do without “real” interaction with colleagues and the network of a workspace offers a good platform for know-how transfer. Coworking has qualities that make everyday life more exciting!

In addition, they can benefit from the infrastructure of Third Place Offices by Satellite Office, such as state-of-the-art technology, the fastest Internet, printers and scanners, which are not normally available in a home office or would have to be purchased separately.

Third place offices offer companies the opportunity to increase the flexibility and commitment of their employees and at the same time compensate for and optimize the costs of office space and equipment. Coordination between the “First Place” (home office), the “Second Place” (company) and the “Third Place” (Satellite Office) is ideally possible and a real basis that creates trust.

And not to forget: Companies that offer their employees this flexibility in their choice of workplace and working environment are much more attractive!