[JohnFen]

> we are creating zones with 4 desks each group is separated from the others with furniture and green plants on top of the furniture.

Those are called "pods". It's true that they reduce some of the awfulness of open office plans, but I still wouldn't work at a place that did this.

> In general we are software developers so the office env. is typically quite

You're lucky to have devs who are actually quiet when working. That's something I've never actually experienced.

[ok1984]

Actually in almost all places I worked in (except during go-lives ofcourse), the env was usually quite, if you have a meeting or get a phone call you would typically go to a meeting room or a phone booth, otherwise the open space becomes a call center.