How to Alleviate Feelings of Crowding in a Working from Home Environment: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

The sudden adoption of working from home (WFH) during the COVID-19 pandemic has required the reconfiguration of home spaces to fit space for remote work into existing spaces already filled with other domestic functions. This resulted in blurring of home and work boundaries, the potential lack of space for telecommuting from home, and...

User-focused design factors of workspace for nearly zero energy office renovation: findings from literature review

This paper highlights the importance of considering user satisfaction in office renovation. Userfocused design approach in nearly zero energy office (nZEO) renovation is a way to increase user satisfaction and the value of office quality while meeting energy efficiency goal. The purpose of this paper is to investigate considerable measurement...

User-focused design factors of workspace for nearly zero energy office renovation: findings from literature review

This paper highlights the importance of considering user satisfaction in office renovation. Userfocused design approach in nearly zero energy office (nZEO) renovation is a way to increase user satisfaction and the value of office quality while meeting energy efficiency goal. The purpose of this paper is to investigate considerable measurement...

Coping with stress in the work environment

This master thesis shows the design process which aims to tackle the problem of large amounts of burnout due to stress, people working in services experience in The Netherlands. As a result, long periods of absenteeism can cause a great effect on society, since The Netherlands is largely dependent of service work. Since this it is an...

Spatial support of knowledge production in higher education: Research paper

This paper explores the impact of the physical and social dimensions of the work environment on satisfaction and perceived productivity of knowledge workers in Dutch universities of applied sciences. The approach took the form of a literature review, multiple case study of six research centres using interviews and logbook analysis, and web-based...

The influence of the workplace on perceived productivity

Increasing productivity, stimulating knowledge sharing and satisfying employees. Three objectives which are heard quite often during the design phase of an office. Both latter objectives are often perceived as ways to increasing productivity as well. The Center for People and Buildings (CfPB) in Delft, The Netherlands, has conducted a number of...

Searching for data: A method to evaluate the effects of working in an innovative office

In February 1996 the Dutch Government Buildings Agency and Delft University of Technology, department of Real Estate & Project Management entered into a long-term co-operation to do research on workplace innovation. This research co-operation is aimed at analysing the impact of new workplace environments on the 'performance' of organisations...