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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Office Design"”.
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Office designing and planning for knowledge workers
Traditional office design is largely concerned with human ergonomics to provide office users with the maximum comfort and efficiency. As office automation developed in the late 20th century, the major tasks in offices shifted from manual work to knowledge work, which required more concentration and …
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Social and Psychological Adaptation to Open-Plan Workplace Designs
The association between office design and occupant outcomes has been widely examined. In general, people working in more open or shared offices report poorer outcomes on a range of psychological, productivity and environmental satisfaction measures. However, not all studies and occupants report …
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Location and Design of Recreational Hiking Trails: Application of GIS Technology
… the areas that they serve. Poorly located and designed recreational trails increase maintenance costs, resource degradation, and the inefficient utilization of public resources. The potential application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to this specific type of problem is …
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Design for achieving strategic business objectives
… attempt to reframe some of our current workplace design challenges, this thesis looks to neighboring fields of research: organizational management, urban design and planning and the field of environmental psychology. This work looks to discover a more empirical understanding of success and …
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Data-Driven Design Framework for Hybrid Workspaces
The modern office is a complex system that involves dynamic interactions between the design of physical environments and its occupants, serving diverse functionalities and expectations. Office design is shaped by social, economic and technological transformations, as well as organisational …
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Techno-Territories : the spatial, technological and social reorganization of office work
… thesis, I examine the current reorganization of office or information work in its technological, spatial, social and cultural aspects. Based on ethnographic and historical methods, I explore how information and communication technologies, and spatial designs combined with specific organizational …
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Structural Performance of Fiber-Reinforced and Welded Wire Fabric-Reinforced Concrete Composite Slabs
… were compared to failure loads calculated by design guides published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Steel Deck Institute (SDI). The flexural strength tests showed that composite slabs reinforced with synthetic macro fibers and WWF exhibited strength and behavior that …
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The politics of the office: space, power, and photography
… space, and photography, in relation to the office. It aims to investigate working conditions in service-based society, by addressing its dominant form of work: office work. Based on the hypothesis that office space has an effect on how office workers are made to work and feel, that it has …
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Trends in facility management responsibilities
… between the topics addressed in FaciJitiesDesign&Managementfrom January 1984 to October 1991 and the responsibilities of facility managers as identified by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA). In addition to the eight IFMA responsibilities't five researcher-developed …
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Pattern Language as a Design and Evaluation Tool for Teaming Environments
The transformation of the office from the standard bullpen configuration to today's dynamic, flexible and open floorplans has required new design methodologies that incorporate tools and technologies that are readily available to interior designers. Moreover, the increased use of teams in the …
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A comparative study of environmentally responsible design adoption by architects, facility managers, and interior designers
<p>The design and building industry has a tremendous impact on the environment that is often negative when environmentally responsible design (ERD) strategies are not adopted. The purpose of this exploratory, descriptive study was to determine the firm and practitioner characteristics that impact …
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Image, Incorporated : a study of securities buildings in Seoul, Korea
… questions explored concern mainly the images of office high-rises. Five multi-story headquarters of securities companies were selected specifically to analyze this aspect. By interviewing the architects and managers of the respective companies, the thesis identifies the assumptions behind the …