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Meeting room by the hour in Medellín? At NOI, bookings start at one hour, for 6, 10 or 14 people
NOI meeting rooms can be booked from one hour for 6, 10 or 14 people, with presentation equipment, a whiteboard and air conditioning.
People looking for a meeting room or office by the hour in Medellín often need something specific: a place to talk, present or complete a workday without a long-term commitment. At NOI in Ciudad del Río, rooms start at one hour for 6, 10 or 14 people. They include a screen or projector, whiteboard, sound insulation and air conditioning.
The question matters more when a team needs to generate ideas. In 2022, a laboratory study and a field experiment in five countries found that video calls reduced creative idea generation compared with meeting in person. A meeting room by the hour in Medellín gives that kind of conversation a defined setting.
That is not a verdict against screens. The same research found no evidence that video-call groups chose which idea to pursue less effectively. The measured difference appeared in producing ideas, not in choosing among them.
Which room fits the number of people?
Capacity changes the kind of meeting a room can hold. NOI has rooms for 6, 10 and 14 people, plus a creative room for 10. The first suits small meetings; the 10-person room suits work sessions or training; and the 14-person room suits presentations, workshops and corporate meetings.
Six professionals follow a presentation in a meeting room for 10 people.. Illustrative image generated with artificial intelligence.
Every room has a TV or projector for presentations, a whiteboard for organizing ideas, sound insulation, air conditioning and access to shared areas. The same room does not serve a brief interview and a workshop with several participants in the same way. Attendance and meeting dynamics therefore matter before booking.
When is meeting in person worth it instead of a video call?
The evidence points to selective use. Meeting in person can help most when work begins with new ideas or needs to bring together groups that work apart. A brief update or the choice of one idea can still work over a video call, because the research measured creativity, not every goal a meeting can have.
Melanie Brucks and Jonathan Levav published it in the journal Nature in 2022, based on a laboratory study and a field experiment in five countries across Europe, the Middle East and South Asia. According to the authors, a video call focuses people’s eyes on a screen, which narrows their thinking. The result describes those experiments; it does not guarantee that an in-person meeting will go better on its own.
A second signal comes from a different scale. A research team, in a study published in Nature Human Behaviour in 2021, analyzed the emails, calendars, messages, calls and work hours of 61,182 Microsoft employees in the United States during the first half of 2020. Company-wide remote work made collaboration networks more static and isolated, with less synchronous communication.
Four professionals talk around a turquoise table in a NOI meeting room.. Illustrative image generated with artificial intelligence.
That finding does not study a single meeting, and the data come from one US company in 2020, so it does not show the same thing happens at a company in Medellín. It does suggest protecting in-person time when teams that work apart need to connect.
What does a NOI meeting room include?
A meeting by the hour works best when logistics do not take center stage. NOI rooms include presentation equipment, a whiteboard, sound insulation and air conditioning. The space operates 24/7 every day of the year, so rooms are also available on weekends and holidays.
NOI is in Ciudad del Río, El Poblado, with public-transport access, a nearby bike lane and bicycle parking. For an open gathering, the open-air theater holds up to 30 people and suits a different dynamic from an enclosed room.
Two professionals arrange sticky notes during an in-person brainstorm in a NOI room.. Illustrative image generated with artificial intelligence.
How does booking work?
Bookings are arranged through the website contact form or by scheduling a visit. NOI books rooms by the hour or for as long as needed, from a short one-hour meeting to a full workday. The team helps choose the room based on the number of people, the type of meeting and availability.
A one-hour conversation, a training session and a client presentation do not call for the same setup. Knowing who will attend, the purpose and the time makes it easier to choose a room that fits the meeting. With that information, the request can specify whether a screen or projector is needed and which layout works best.
