How big is an office pod, really?

Office pod dimensions at a glance

	Solo Pod	Duo Pod	Team Pod
Seats	1	2	4
Outside (W × D)	1.05 × 1.05 m	1.60 × 1.34 m	2.20 × 1.64 m
Inside (W × D)	0.90 × 0.95 m	1.45 × 1.29 m	2.05 × 1.59 m
Floor area	1.10 m²	2.14 m²	3.61 m²
Height outside	2.30 m	2.30 m	2.30 m
Headroom inside	2.11 m	2.08 m	2.08 m
Weight empty	Not published	437 kg	595 kg
Shipping crate	233 × 59 × 120.5 cm, 364 kg	233 × 129 × 120.5 cm, 464 kg	Two crates, 233 × 129 × 120.5 cm each, 610 kg in total

All figures are Deskup’s published dimensions. The full specification for each pod is on its own page: Solo, Duo, Team.

How much floor space each pod really needs

The floor area in the table is the pod and nothing else. In use, a pod needs a little more around it:

• A walkway. People have to reach the door without squeezing past a desk. The planner above defaults to 0.6 m between pods, which is a comfortable minimum on most floors.
• Room for the door to open. Leave the door side clear of desks, filing and anything else that would stop it swinging fully.
• Room to assemble it. On the day, clear a working area of roughly twice the pod’s footprint. Once it is built, that space goes back to the floor.
• A socket within reach. Each pod plugs into a standard wall socket, so place it where one is close by rather than running an extension lead across a walkway.

Even with all of that, pods are compact for what they do. A four-person meeting room built from partitions usually needs nine to twelve square metres once you count the table, the chairs and the door. The Team Pod seats the same four in 3.61 m². The pod versus meeting room article works through that comparison.

Height: the measurement that catches people out

All three pods stand 2.30 m tall. Floor area is rarely the problem; height more often is.

• Office floors. Most commercial floors have room to spare, but measure the clear height under whatever hangs lowest: sprinkler heads, ducting, light fittings or a dropped ceiling. That number counts, not the slab-to-slab height.
• Condos and homes. Many condo ceilings sit at 2.4–2.6 m. A Solo Pod can fit, but there is not much to spare, so measure before you order.
• During assembly. The panels go together upright, so you need a little more than 2.30 m of clear height where the pod is being built, not only where it ends up.

Getting it to the floor

Pods arrive flat in crates, and the crate is what has to fit through the building. The Solo Pod’s crate is 233 × 59 × 120.5 cm at 364 kg. The Duo Pod comes in a wider 233 × 129 × 120.5 cm crate at 464 kg, and the Team Pod in two crates of that size, 610 kg in total.

Before you order, measure your service lift’s internal depth, width and door opening, and ask building admin for its rated capacity. A 233 cm crate needs a car deep enough to take it flat or tall enough to stand it up. Then check the route from the lift to the final position: corridors, corners and door openings. The full list is in what to check before an office pod reaches your floor, and the process is on delivery & installation.

Which size for which job

• Solo Pod, 1 person. Calls, video meetings and focused work. On a BPO floor, the call booth for escalations and coaching; at home, a workspace in a spare corner.
• Duo Pod, 2 people. Interviews, 1:1s, HR conversations and two-person video calls.
• Team Pod, 4 people. Huddles, client presentations and hybrid meetings around a table.

Most offices end up with a mix: several Solo Pods for the calls that happen all day, and one or two larger pods for the conversations that need a table. If you are choosing between the first two, phone booth or meeting pod covers that choice.