collaborative work spaces - part 1

CollaborativeWork Spaces

WORK

WORKCREATIVE

Synthesis

Different phases of the creative process benefit from different environments. Periods of individual focus, as well as periods of team interaction, are both necessary.

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CONCENTRATION vs COLLABORATION

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Offices need the sort of social milieu that Jane Jacobs found on the sidewalks of the West Village.”

Malcolm GladwellDesigns For Workinghttp://www.gladwell.com/2000/2000_12_11_a_working.htm

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PROXIMITYThomas Allen of MIT is considered one of the progenitors of modern office design. In a ten-year study of engineers in R&D labs, Allen found that

Proximity matters: People interact most with those located close to them; people seated more than seventy-five feet apart rarely interact at all.

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R E M O T E

What if you’re 2000 miles away from the people you’re working with?

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We are connected by networks of computers, devices, and documents

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But are we truly connected?

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What’s the online equivalent of running into someone in the corridor or break room?

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How can we create opportunities, within our normal work routine, to leave trails of activity, and enable serendipitous connections, which enable knowledge transfer, collaboration, and relationship building?