The City of Victoria Office Space Capacity Analysis assessed current and future accommodation needs across four civic campuses, responding to growing staffing levels, evolving hybrid work patterns, and increasing pressure on office space. The study established a 10-year foundation for determining when additional space would be required and how modern workplace design standards could improve utilization and decrease future space demand.
Background
Process
The analysis reviewed existing space distribution, projected staffing growth, and developed scenario-based models for the City Hall Campus that tested even, peak-day, and transition-to-hybrid occupancy patterns. Benchmarking against modern office standards informed workstation ratios, collaboration space needs, and overall space requirements under each scenario.
Solution
The study showed that hybrid work patterns significantly influenced long-term space sufficiency, with the most efficient scenario maintaining a substantial surplus while high in-office frequencies created recurring deficits. The analysis demonstrated a 3,360m² gap between the most and least efficient scenarios, highlighting how a structured hybrid model could offset the equivalent of an entire additional building’s worth of demand and avoid major leasing or construction pressures.
The Results
27
projected staffing growth at City Hall by 2035
3,360
difference in required space across scenarios
9
future state scenarios tested
