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Integrating User-Centered Design and Biophilic Design to Improve Biophilia and Intelligentization in Office Environments

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
Intelligent technology has had a profound impact on working patterns and the needs of office workers. The corresponding office environments have also changed to some extent.
Wa Gao, Dong Jin, Qian Wang, Pengfei Zhu
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Office design and occupational health – has research been left behind? [PDF]

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2023
Tens of millions of workers in Europe work in office environments. Such a physical environment might seem fairly harmless compared to the exposures of many other work environments.
Annu Haapakangas   +2 more
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Longitudinal Effects of Activity-Based Flexible Office Design on Teamwork [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
This three-wave longitudinal interview study (time lag: 12 and 18 months) investigates the impact of working in an activity-based flexible office (A-FO) on processes within and across teams (i.e., communication, trust, cohesion, and collaboration) and ...
Christina Wohlers   +2 more
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The work environment pilot: An experiment to determine the optimal office design for a technology company. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Over the past few decades many corporate organisations have moved to open-plan office designs, mostly due to financial and logistical benefits. However, recent studies have found significant drawbacks to open plan offices and it is unclear how office ...
Jegar Pitchforth   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Design and comfort in office space

open access: yesVitruvio: International Journal of Architectural Technology and Sustainability, 2017
The theme of office space is of particular interest because it is a sector strongly involved by technological development. The high concentration of plant engineering systems makes it essential to the attention to environmental parameters and to research
Michele M. Lepore
doaj   +5 more sources

A future design vision for administrative work spaces post COVID-19 pandemic (A case study in Saudi Arabia) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2023
The spread of Covid-19 worldwide has caused significant changes in all fields. Many businesses had to stop operating with their business-as-usual norms and transferred their employees to an online mode.
Sherin Sameh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Work fatigue during COVID-19 lockdown teleworking: the role of psychosocial, environmental, and social working conditions

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
BackgroundDuring national lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, previously office-based workers who transitioned to home-based teleworking faced additional demands (e.g., childcare, inadequate homeworking spaces) likely resulting in poor work ...
Clara Weber   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Il governo della scrivania. Design come “dispositif” [PDF]

open access: yesOcula, 2020
The desk has been a controversial symbol of the office work, a piece of furniture to manage the confusion of papers and to settle all the employees. Over the centuries its design was often instrumental in identifying the personal habitat and the time of ...
Imma Forino
doaj   +1 more source

Work from Home: Lessons Learned and Implications for Post-pandemic Workspaces

open access: yesInteriority, 2023
The experience of working from home (WFH) has evolved due to the COVID-19 response. A concurrent mixed-methods approach was used to assess the experiences and needs of WFH during COVID-19 pandemic across eight countries. Input concerning office workspace
Beth L. McGee   +2 more
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