Adaptable user systems in the office landscape

Offices exist in a changing world. They need to be able to adapt to these changes. Present office equipment (furniture, electrical power and communication distribution systems, and lighting) maintain the office in a state of permanence. The goal of this thesis was to redesign present equipment and to design new equipment that will be flexible and that is understandable and simple to operate by the average office worker. Technological solutions were found for technological problems. Secondary supporting data concerning behavioral inhibitions to change as well as response to change were examined. Also, present techniques for space planning were looked at to ascertain their usefulness and validity in a changing environment. Finally, comparative cost factors were examined to place in perspective the cost of the new systems presented in this thesis.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Department dc:contributor.department

Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1976

Author dc:creator

• Skinnell, Carroll Clinton

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76277

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/76277