Multi-Tenant Offices: User Experiences (05-05-17)
Some individuals respond more positively to multi-tenant offices than others.
Some individuals respond more positively to multi-tenant offices than others.
The way that physical stores are designed continues to have a significant influence on the success of organizations selling objects and services. Shoppers' sensory, social, cultural and other experiences can be fine-tuned using research-based insights to achieve sales goals.
Researchers from the Universities of York and Edinburgh studied responses to busy and green urban spaces.
Research by Wu and his team identified new links between aesthetics and use.
During too many meetings, whatever people have gathered to do just doesn’t get accomplished. Science-informed design of meeting rooms can change that and make group gatherings more effective.
Façades are more than just skins that surround a structure. Their design influences the thoughts and behaviors of viewers, sometimes without their knowledge. Cognitive science research can be used to make it more likely that the designs of façades send chosen messages and encourage desired behaviors, inside and out.
When people move, they burn off calories. Slimming our waistlines isn’t all that moving does for us, however. Research consistently shows, for example, that when we’re walking we think more clearly, creatively and productively (whether inside or outdoors), and get along better with others.
Sharing isn't always a good idea
Research by Westphal-Fitch and Fitch confirms that visual symmetry is valued by humans.
The way that “hotspots” such as parks or nearby noisy highways influence the evaluation of other spaces, such as homes for sale, has been carefully studied.