Relationship between the design characteristics of activity-based flexible offices and users’ perceptions of privacy and social interactions

IF 3.7 3区工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-03-07 DOI:10.1080/09613218.2023.2180343

Melina Forooraghi, E. Miedema, Nina Ryd, H. Wallbaum, Maral Babapour Chafi

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ABSTRACT Activity-based flexible offices (AFOs) provide a variety of workspaces to meet the need for social interactions and privacy at work. This study investigates the relationship between the design characteristics of AFOs and users’ perceptions of visual and acoustic privacy and social interactions. This case study is based on post-occupancy evaluations in three AFO layouts at a public service organization in Sweden. A mixed-method approach is adopted that combines questionnaires and layout analysis. In general, the results showed that while aesthetics received the highest satisfaction scores, office functionality, task support, storage and visual and acoustic privacy received the lowest ratings. Key design characteristics for AFOs were operationalized, observed and exemplified: zone diversity, proportion, readability, spatial enclosure, sharing ratios and functionality of furniture and tools. These insights may contribute to better-informed decisions about the design characteristics that influence privacy and social interactions in AFOs.

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活动型灵活办公室的设计特点与用户对隐私和社交的感知之间的关系

摘要基于活动的灵活办公室（AFO）提供了各种工作空间，以满足工作中的社交互动和隐私需求。本研究调查了AFO的设计特征与用户对视觉和声学隐私以及社交互动的感知之间的关系。本案例研究基于瑞典一家公共服务组织的三个AFO布局的入住后评估。采用问卷调查和布局分析相结合的混合方法。总体而言，结果显示，虽然美学的满意度得分最高，但办公室功能、任务支持、存储以及视觉和声学隐私的评分最低。对AFO的关键设计特征进行了操作、观察和举例说明：区域多样性、比例、可读性、空间封闭性、共享比例以及家具和工具的功能性。这些见解可能有助于更好地了解影响AFO隐私和社交互动的设计特征。

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Building Research and Information 工程技术-结构与建筑技术

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8.60

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>12 weeks

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