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Space Overview
North America and United Kingdom
- up to the 1980s, 17 sq.m for 2
employees
- in the 1990s, 17 sq.m for 3 employees
- North American standard for workstations
is now
5.5 - 6 sq.m
- Management offices start at about
13 sq.m
Netherlands
- Dutch standards are among the
highest
- 19 sq.m for two employees
Denmark (thesis design goal)
- 7 sq.m per employee
- 2.5 - 3 m ceiling height
- 10% glass wall / floor area
- 1 toilet per 15 employees
- 7 metre maximum distance for employees
from
nearest window
Other considerations
- Can the building continue to operate
during a
power outage?
- Workplace psychology for local
culture
status
privacy
and territoriality
social
interaction
- Combi-office design is a combination
of closed
offices surrounding open
office space
- Group room office design is a
collegial plan where
work groups share a common
space or a nest
- Football field open plans do not
appear to be
psychologically successful
for employees; however
they are economically efficient
(German creation)
- mechanical services could be delivered
through
the floors leaving the concrete
ceiling exposed as
a thermal mass. Need
to think of acoustics.
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