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How One Big Idea Led to an Innovative Co-working Solution

Christelle Rohaut, a master’s student at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design, was inspired to address the lack of affordable and flexible workspaces in 2016. Observing crowded coffee shops and empty living rooms during her daily commute, she identified an opportunity to bridge the gap between isolation at home and expensive co-working spaces.
Blum Center
August 23, 2019
1 min

As a freelancer and a master’s degree student at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design (M.C.P.), Christelle Rohaut found coffee shops too crowded, co-working spaces too expensive, and her own home too isolating. In 2016, on her daily commute home, she saw rows of overpacked coffee shops. 

“I also found it incredibly ironic that my living room was empty all day long,” said Rohaut.

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