An open-plan floor often has one wall that’s simply easiest to fit a dry erase wall onto, but that isn’t always where teams naturally cluster to talk something through. Positioning the wall near existing informal meeting spots gets it used far more than tucking it into a quiet corner that happened to have the most convenient empty wall.

A dry erase wall visible from dozens of desks can feel exposing for a team working through something unfinished. Some open-plan layouts benefit from angling or partially screening the wall so it’s accessible without turning every session into something the whole floor can watch, which changes how freely people actually use it.

A large flat panel reflects sound rather than absorbing it, which matters more in an open-plan floor already dealing with ambient noise than it would in an enclosed room. This is worth flagging to whoever is planning the layout, even if acoustic treatment isn’t part of this particular project, simply so it’s a known factor rather than a surprise later.

An enclosed meeting room usually has lighting positioned specifically for the wall it contains. An open-plan floor’s general lighting wasn’t necessarily planned around a writing surface, so it’s worth checking for glare or shadow across the panel from whichever angle people will actually stand to use it.

A dry erase wall placed too close to a main walking route ends up half-blocked by people passing through whenever it’s in use. Leaving genuine standing room in front of the wall, separate from the floor’s main circulation path, keeps it usable without disrupting everyone else trying to get past.

See how a Chameleon dry erase wall can be specified to actually work within an open-plan floor, not just fitted onto whichever wall happens to be free.