Studio of Tomorrow: How should flexible working be translated into the physical workplace of architectural offices?

This graduation project explores the topic of flexible working as a new work norm for architects (and designers) and how FW needs to be translated into an office design. Through the analysis of two case studies, the current situation has been mapped out, which has been used to determine the requirements for an office programme that can...

Post-pandemic office real estate: A pilot study of using scenario planning to develop scenarios with quantitative office space demand for corporate real estate

The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic is profound and enduring to the entire world. A ‘recovery’ to go back in time is unlikely to happen due to the lack of uncertainty in the future. The darkest time will eventually pass, whereas post-pandemic, the era in which the pandemic is perceived to have subsided, can still accelerate existing trends...

The data driven workplace: Exploring the application of sensor data for facility managers in an Activity Based Working environment (ABW)

Motivation. As technological developments in the workplace accelerate, workplaces are connecting to a variety of sensors, actuators, and dedicated networks in the Internet of Things (IoT). Sensor data can be collected on aspects of workplace performance and occupants’ behaviors. While the performance of the workplace is evaluated, the validation...

Conceptualizing social well-being in activity-based offices

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to aid conceptualization of social well-being at work by identifying its components in a contemporary office context, so adequate measures can be developed to monitor social well-being and to assess the impact of interventions in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach: This study used existing...

Focusing in flexible offices: A design research exploration into workstyle-based workplace selection in Open Plan Offices

Office work is becoming increasingly dynamic, requiring office workers to perform distinct activities rapidly. These activities range from meetings to individual work. Open plan offices (OPO) facilitate workplaces for office workers in a single hall. This causes office workers who perform distinct activities to share the same workspace. These...

Employee Happiness in an Activity-based Work Environment: An Explorative Study of Different Interventions to Understand the Interrelation between Acoustic Privacy and Personalisation and the Employees’ Level of Happiness

Purpose <br/>In order to strengthen the original goal of Activity-based working (ABW) - supporting the employees in fulfilling their tasks at their best - the employees need to be able to align their physical work environment to their dynamic needs. The report posed the question if employee happiness in ABW can be increased with interventions in...

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.

Reduce Interferences in an Office Environment

During this last half year this thesis was executed in order to obtain a clear and scientific underpinned exploration of what interferences in an office environment are and how they can be reduced. As a result of combining the performed literature study, internal analysis, and external analysis a new product proposal is developed: the Bay A...