Open Offices for Academics Don’t Get Good Grades (04-27-12)
Baldry and Barnes investigated the implications of providing academics with single person offices with floor to ceiling walls and a full height door that can be closed or open offices.
Baldry and Barnes investigated the implications of providing academics with single person offices with floor to ceiling walls and a full height door that can be closed or open offices.
The Daylighting Cooperative has enhanced their website (http://www.daylighting.org/).
Public health researchers have probed the influence of color coding food and the design of food displays on consumption of healthier and less healthy meal options.
Singh and colleagues reviewed the existing research on adolescent physical activity and academic performance.
Stern explores the design of academic buildings and campus master planning.
Costa investigated the tendency of people to sit in the same seat each time they are in a public space.
Recent research indicates that brief, brisk (but not running) walks can enhance our ability to remember things.
Designers are regularly asked to create spaces for confidential conversations to take place.
Researchers at the Kellogg School of Management (Adam Galinksy and Li Huang) have found that “when bodily expressions are in conflict with one’s actual feelings . . . people become more likely to accept and embrace atypical ideas.”
Designers can have a significant influence on the level of acoustical shielding between spaces and new research indicates just how important that shielding can be.