Designing to Beat Burnout and Encourage Engagement
Cognitive science research details how workplace design can optimize professional wellbeing and p
Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
Workplace Window Technologies: Implications (09-13-19)
Jamrozik and associates investigated how in-office window technology influences cognitive performance and other important aspects of worker experience. The team reports on the implications of using window-shading tools that allow daylight to pass through windows and people inside to see outdoors but curtail glare. Employees who participated in this study worked in all of the test conditions over a 14-week period doing their regular work tasks and for their entire workday. The performance and satisfaction of study participants experiencing the window technologies were compared to their per
Moving into Activity-Based Workplaces (09-06-19)
Haapakangas and colleagues studied the experience of moving into an activity-based workplace (ABW). Over an extended period, at multiple offices, they evaluated via survey data “the effects of moving into an ABW on satisfaction with communication, on social relations (i.e., social support and social community) and on work demands (i.e., quantitative demands, emotional demands and work pace) 3 months and 12 months after the relocation. . . . Satisfaction with communication and the sense of belonging to a community had decreased 3 and 12 months after the relocation.
Neuroscience to Inform Restaurant + Hotel Design
People have fun at hotels and restaurants but their design is serious business.
Kids and Nature
Self-Control, nature connections
Office Satisfaction and Spaces Available
Supportive facility access drives response
Workplace Design Fundamentals
More nuanced understanding of at-work experiences
Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places
Crucial resource for designing in walkability
Working in an Activity-Based Office (08-23-19)
Hoendervanger and colleagues continue to study the experience of working in activity-based offices. They determined via field and lab studies that “Activity-based work environments are widely adopted; however, research shows mixed findings regarding privacy issues, satisfaction with the work environment, and task performance. . . . The results from both studies confirm that perceived [person-environment] fit is a function of activity, work setting, and personal need for privacy, with indirect effects on satisfaction with the work environment . . . and task performance. . . .
Evaluating Your Home (08-20-19)
Features of neighboring homes influence what we think about our own house. Kuhlmann investigated “whether the size of one’s home relative to others in their [resident’s] neighbourhood influences their housing satisfaction. . . . [and found] evidence that relative position matters. Those living in comparatively small houses are more likely to express dissatisfaction with their home than people living in units that are large relative to other houses in their neighbourhood cluster.”
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