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Beyond the Workplace Zoo: Humanising the Office


Beyond the Workplace Zoo: Humanising the Office

Hardback by Oseland, Nigel

Beyond the Workplace Zoo: Humanising the Office

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ISBN:
9780367655327
Publication Date:
28 Sep 2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:
Routledge
Pages:
232 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 28 May - 2 Jun 2024
Beyond the Workplace Zoo: Humanising the Office

Description

This book begins by outlining the common design mistakes with the modern open plan office and the industry focus on cost that has resulted in the ill-fated Workplace Zoo. The requirements of office-based workers according to psychological theory and research are then explained. Dr Oseland references historical studies in psychophysics to describe how to design environmental conditions (acoustics, lighting, temperature, indoor air quality) that enhance performance by supporting basic physiological needs. More contemporary research in environmental psychology investigates how cognition affects our interpretation and response to physical stimuli depending on personality, context, attitude and other personal factors. This in turn informs individual requirements for the environmental conditions as well as group needs. Studies in evolutionary psychology and biophilia are also referenced. The latter part of the book turns to workplace solutions and focuses on how to plan, design and manage offices to accommodate our innate human needs now and in the future. The importance of designing for inclusivity is also recognised, including accommodating cultural, gender and generational differences along with designing spaces for neurodiversity. Dr Oseland's proposed workplace solution the Landscaped Office is a revived and revised version of Bürolandschaft with a contemporary twist. The impact of workplace trends, such as agile working and hot-desking, is also explored and found to complement the workplace solution, resulting in the Agile Landscaped Office. This book is key reading for professionals, and post-graduate students, in business, interior design, architecture, surveying, facilities management, building services engineering, HR and organisational or environmental psychology.

Contents

Introduction 1. Introducing the Workplace Zoo Part 1: Situation 2. Fascination with cost 3. Psycho-what? 4. The rise and failure of open plan Part 2: Solution 5. Introducing the Landscaped Office 6. It's a jungle in there 7. A plan comes together 8. Choice, sharing and agile working 9. The great indoors Epilogue 10. Concluding remarks on the Landscaped Office

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