The Science of People and Office Design – Planning for Thinking, Discussing and Achieving

The Science of People and Office Design: Planning for Thinking, Discussing and Achieving has been written for practitioners who would like to apply evidence-based and human-centric design principles to office and workplace design.Practitioner-researcher disconnects often arise due to a lack of meaningful connection between their professional worlds.This book seeks to rectify this disconnect and make it clear that research can significantly affect the likelihood that design projects achieve the objectives outlined in their briefs, and that practitioners need to have a real influence on research conducted. The book consists of 16 chapters,each grouped into three major sections, with an overview chapter and a conclusion drawn together by the editors.Each chapter addresses a real-world workplace design-related issue.The first part of each chapter presents the editors' overview of the problem in practice and the objectives that must be achieved via design solutions.The second portion of eac