Laravel 5.6 - How to change storage folder directory?

The current project's storage folder directory is set to:

/www/httpdocs/storage/app/ProjectFiles/

But my server administrator has recommended to change it to:

/home/ProjectName/www/storage/app/ProjectFiles

The developer working on this project says that because it's Laravel, it needs to run from the server root? httpdocs? Is it a fixed requirement? Is there a way around this?

Thanks!

via Chebli Mohamed