The office architecture : A contextual experience with influences at the individual and group level

• This book chapter focuses on office experience design from both the individual employee and the group and organizational perspective, since the experience of the office and its influence operate simultaneously at these levels. The presented review shows that the experience of office architecture, similar to other architectural experiences, is a holistic experience created by the combined effect of the physical characteristics of the environment and the functional feature of office work. As such, the office experience is a contextual experience, which, in this book chapter, is approached through an investigation of the role of different dimensions in the workplace design and their importance for employees’ environmental satisfaction. This is done by a presentation of three separate studies that from various perspectives investigate employees’ satisfaction with design-related factors in different office designs. Although the studies have partly different dimensions in focus, they all indicate that personal control is a key factor for high employee satisfaction and that different factors can enable this using different means. Recognizing this, the author believes there is a need for a holistic office design that identifies the different needs related to office work that is founded in the contextual experience of the office.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Arkitekturteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Architectural Engineering (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Design (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Design (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Contextual experience

Holistic office design

Workplace design

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