Towards Smart Flexibility: A study on how IoT can improve employees' well-being in flexible office environments

Ahrend Portrait: A design to foster interdisciplinary prosocial behaviors in office environments

Work-life balance is becoming increasingly important in today’s job market. Young professionals actively search for jobs that promote their well-being. The concept of well- being encompasses not just physical health. Psychological health, such as social connectedness and engagement, is just as important. Katz (1964) stated in his research that...

Impact of interior office design on acoustic and visual privacy of employees in activity-based offices: Discrete choice experiment about the interior office design preferences during collaboration and individual concentration

Discrete choice experiment about the interior office design preferences during collaboration and individual concentration. This study was an evaluation study for an activity-based working office located in Amsterdam.

Positive design in office environments

This Masters graduation report presents how design methodology founded on theories of positive psychology can be used to design for happiness in an office setting. Office workers spend a substantial portion of their time in an office environment. This environment should be designed to be safe, efficient and comfortable. According to the World...

Take your time: Combine nature and technology to relieve work related stress in the office environment

The work of my thesis represents the last phase of the GRIP project, a Governmental/Philips co-founded project which has been running for one year and a half before the beginning of this final stage in February 2013. The project involves several organizations such as TUDelft, TU/Eindhoven, Design Academy, Philips, Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg...