Sustainable office renovation: Integrated design processes in Norwegian practice

Design and construction processes of three Norwegian office renovation projects are analysed to research the best way to organize a design process with ambitious sustainability goals. Actors with decision-making power in these projects are interviewed such as architects, contractors, clients, tenants and sustainability experts. The report...

Blinq: Increasing effective face-to-face communication between colleagues in flexible office environments

Modern offices’ employees are strug- gling to find their colleagues. Flexible work hours and activity related workplaces make it dif- ficult to find each other in the fast paced office environment. Organizations are battling the de- crease in face-to-face contact by encouraging their workers to use remote communication tools such as Short Text...

Design of the Meeting-Workout furniture

In 2010 research institute TNO teamed up with office furniture manufacturer Markant Nederland B.V. and design agency Vormdrift, to address the rising problem of a passive lifestyle in the context of the office. Through the development of a work-workout product. The collaboration resulted in the workstation unit Oxidesk, at which a modest workout...

Hotels for vacant offices

The current building stock for offices is very large, and is too large for the demand out of the market. Currently there is a total vacancy of 14.1% in the Netherlands, which is equal to 6.795.000 m2 of office space. In Amsterdam there is a total of 700.000 m2 which is structurally vacant and is considered hopeless in terms of fulfilling its...

The profitable influence of lease incentives for new office developments: A research on the phenomenon of office real estate developments (out)competing existing assets on effective rent levels without loss of quality

Dutch developers are thought to have been able to outcompete the owners of existing office space on rental pricing (the phenomenon). For tenants it was more inexpensive to move to newly proposed (not yet existent) office space than to remain where they are, or move to other existing office space. Three theoretical reasons were identified for the...

A Future Workstation environment concept

Lensvelt the company has always been progressive in its market. It aims to produce products that have great aesthetic value and work well. Its products are made by well-known and established designers. On the market Lensvelt is in, however, a lot of copying and stealing takes place, and successful, original products do not stay original for long...

Waarderen van duurzaamheid

Onderzoek naar het waarderen van duurzaam vastgoed met behulp van de instrumenten BREEAM-NL, GPR-gebouw en Greencalc met een focus op nieuwbouw utiliteitsbouw gebouwen. Het onderzoek laat zien hoe de instrumenten worden toegepast en hoe de duurzaamheidwaarderingen zich met elkaar verhouden.

Light for performance enhancement in the office environment

Light has a positive effect on people’s well-being. Most people feel more energetic and refreshed during bright and sunny summer days. When we are exposed to the right type of light, it helps to align our daily rhythm or wake us up more easily. Light can also influence our daily performance. Especially in the working environment, light can be an...

United Nations Environmental Council: The Vertical Farm

Research: Urban Emptiness - parallel case Rotterdam-Detroit; Design: Rotterdam - Re-Financing Hofplein

This design gives a possible answer to the current problem of vacancy in the city of Rotterdam, which is mostly manifested in office buildings. Since Rotterdam has a lot of office space in its city center, one can literally observe this vacancy. This has a huge impact on the urban life. In the research done prior to the design I have compared...

Adaptive Task Lighting for the Flexible Office

Currently there is no market for adaptable personal luminaires in the office environment. The investments would be too high and this while there are no evident benefits. However in the future, with the rise of LEDs and increased knowledge on the effects of lighting on humans, this all may change. LEDs will become more affordable and consume less...

Sequenties: Een woonensemble in Berlijn

Afstudeerpresentatie en poster van een woonensemble in Berlijn, locatie Tacheles. Woningen zijn georiënteerd rondom filmhoven. Iedere woning heeft uitzicht op geprojecteerde films. Woningen zijn dusdanig opgebouwd dat de afzonderlijke ruimte als een continue ruimte aan elkaar zijn geschakeld en polyvalente flexibiliteit ontstaat.

Office skill assessment

This document describes the stages of development of the Officeskill question type plugin, which can be used by the quiz module of Moodle. These stages include analysis, design and testing of the software. Also, the problems that were encountered are discussed.