As person who has spent half their career telecommuting and half in an open floor plan: it seems mostly like a series of trade offs.
Being remote forces you to be more deliberate with communication. I tend to make more design docs and proposals than I think I otherwise would.
Working in an open floor plan means you can randomly overhear things you are either passionate about or have expertise in and jump in.
I suspect there is also an emotional and introvert/extrovert bit as well. Sometimes it is nice to be physically be around people working industriously on your same problem domain.
Being remote forces you to be more deliberate with communication. I tend to make more design docs and proposals than I think I otherwise would.
Working in an open floor plan means you can randomly overhear things you are either passionate about or have expertise in and jump in.
I suspect there is also an emotional and introvert/extrovert bit as well. Sometimes it is nice to be physically be around people working industriously on your same problem domain.