Designing workplaces today is tough. Integrating neuroscience research done during and before the COVID-19 pandemic makes it clear that designers need to focus on 10 key issues as they design future offices.
Support for visual separation
Choudhury has integrated findings from his and other’s working from anywhere-related research to detail emerging best practices.
Learning is a complicated operation for our brains—design can ease the process, however, whether you're studying at an elementary school or in a corporate learning suite. Applying what neuroscientists know about how design can support learning makes it a more productive and positive experience—even when recess is not an option.
Thorough study, constructive findings
Zhou and colleagues studied work groups’ adjacency preferences.
Chinazzo analyzed data collected from online job reviews for large organizations posted on Glassdoor to learn more about indoor environmental quality and its repercussions.
Ways of thinking influence ways of working
Considering physical, social, and individual factors
Hodzic and colleagues studied the implications of moving into an activity-based workplace (which the researchers refer to as “activity-based flexible offices”).