Integration of Business and User-Centered Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management

Book chapter (2024)

Authors

Theo van der Voordt Real Estate Management - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Real Estate Management (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Management in the Built Environment

Research Group

Real Estate Management

Abstract

A red thread in my academic carrier of over 40 years is the development and sharing of knowledge about the experience and use of the built environment, including offices, health care facilities, childcare facilities, learning environments, housing, and public spaces. The latter is currently part of urban FM. My main drive to do this for such a long time is the willingness to contribute to an environment that enables people to conduct their activities in a satisfactory, comfortable, efficient and effective way, and that fits with the preferences, needs and values of organizations, customers, end users and society as a whole. In other words: to contribute to user-centered and value-based briefing, design, management, evaluation and further improvement of buildings, facilities and services.