I think having your own private "home" space, with access to a shared area for collaboration beats dumping everyone in an open space with the private spaces for occasional use.
I've been in both, and typically if you are getting great benefit from being in an open space that is not coming free, but at the cost of someone else's productivity. A lot of times there is still a net benefit, but one should be aware that co-workers might get really distracted when they want to "get things done".
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I think having your own private "home" space, with access to a shared area for collaboration beats dumping everyone in an open space with the private spaces for occasional use.
I've been in both, and typically if you are getting great benefit from being in an open space that is not coming free, but at the cost of someone else's productivity. A lot of times there is still a net benefit, but one should be aware that co-workers might get really distracted when they want to "get things done".