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Publication date: 2 March 2010

Marjan J. Gorgievski, Theo J.M. van der Voordt, Sanne G.A. van Herpen and Sophie van Akkeren

This purpose of this paper is to present the research findings of a Post‐Occupancy Evaluation of new ways of working in the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of…

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Abstract

Purpose

This purpose of this paper is to present the research findings of a Post‐Occupancy Evaluation of new ways of working in the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology and the lessons that can be learned from this particular case in connection with research findings from similar cases.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is based on an internet survey among 266 daily users, additional interviews with decision makers and other participants involved in the implementation process, analyses of documents and personal observations.

Findings

The new office plan scores highly on possibilities of meeting other people. Work spaces are considered to be functional, but employees also reported a lack of spaces suited for confidential (telephone) conversations and insufficient visual and auditory privacy. Employees are unable to control sufficiently the climate of their direct work environment and the way the environment looks. Security of the workplaces is rated below average. People want more rooms equipped with doors, and doors that can be locked. Another important complaint was lack of personal and collective filing and storage possibilities.

Research limitations/implications

The paper focuses on office space; because of limited time and budget restrictions educational space was not included in this building‐in‐use study. There was no opportunity to conduct a zero measurement ex ante. Long‐term effects on use and experience are not known yet, nor the effects of improvements that are being implemented this year.

Practical implications

The results can be used to support decision makers in implementing new office concepts in general and in particular in an academic setting, ex post or ex ante.

Originality/value

Much has been written about new ways of working, but research on this topic in academic settings is scarce.

Details

Facilities, vol. 28 no. 3/4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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