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‘Interconnected Groups’: Alvar Aalto’s Competition for the Pohjola Office Building, Helsinki, 1964-65 [PDF]
Athens Journal of Architecture, 2023 This article analyses the Alvar Aalto office’s competition entry for the Pohjola Office Building, Helsinki (2nd prize, 1964-65, unbuilt), named Maiandros. Aalto described the unique plan for this office building – with connected towers placed on a podium
Miguel Borges de Araújo
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2023 OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate (i) the main effects of office design and access to telework from home (TWFH) on self-certified sickness absence and (ii) the moderating effects of access to TWFH on the relationship ...
Randi Hovden Borge +3 more
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The impact of office design on medically certified sickness absence
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2020 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of three different office designs (cellular office, shared office, and open-plan workspace) on the risk of medically certified sickness absence and the number of days, respectively, of ...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen, Stein Knardahl
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PLoS ONE, 2020 OBJECTIVES:Previous research suggesting that open-plan office environments are associated with higher rates of sickness absence rely on self-reports which can be affected by recall bias.
Loretta G Platts +3 more
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An Example Approach for Taking of Auditory Comfort as a Design Parameter in Open Planned Offices
Megaron, 2020 Noise audit is extremely important in creating an auditory environment suitable for the actions of users in volumes. On the other hand, due to the physical properties and functions of the volumes in certain buildings such as an open-plan office ...
Semran Özdem Gürtürk +1 more
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Acoustic Issues in Open Plan Offices: A Typological Analysis
Buildings, 2018 This paper reports the acoustic issues of open plan office environments. According to a detailed research based on the scientific literature of the most suitable acoustic descriptors recommended for the open plan offices analysis, the main typological ...
Sara Delle Macchie +2 more
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Does Personality Have a Different Impact on Self-Rated Distraction, Job Satisfaction, and Job Performance in Different Office Types? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 This study investigates the joint effect of office type (cell, shared room, open-plan, and flex) and personality, measured by the Big Five personality traits, on self-rated measures of distraction, job satisfaction, and job performance (measured by ...
Aram Seddigh +3 more
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Visualization of Acoustic Comfort in an Open-Plan, High-Performance Glass Building
Buildings, 2022 The aesthetic and functional appeal of high-performance, open-plan office buildings presents special challenges. Extensive use of glass at the building’s perimeter to improve visual comfort and office communication can negatively impact acoustic comfort ...
Aldo A. Glean +2 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2021 OBJECTIVES: This aim of this study was to (i) examine differences in risk of subsequent disability retirement between employees working in cellular, shared, and open-plan offices and (ii) determine the contribution of gender, skill-level, work ability ...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen +2 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2018 OBJECTIVES: This cross-sectional study investigated the associations between office type (cellular, shared-room, small open-plan, and medium-sized open-plan) and employees’ ease of interaction with coworkers, subjective well-being, and job satisfaction ...
Tobias Otterbring +4 more
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