In this third and final post in my series on planning for the open office environment, I’ll look at the interplay between open office design and the needs of office occupants within the context of demographic variations.

Designing modern, open offices that facilitate collaboration requires more than the right furniture and floor plan, we must also design these offices within the context of basic human needs.

In this and the following two entries in this three-post series, I’ll look at the interplay between modern office design and the needs of office occupants. Specifically, I’ll address modern office design within the context of basic human needs and demographic variations. This first article will...

In my last mobile workplace article Programming Mobile Office Facilities, I presented example furniture and facilities neighborhood groups for the three predominant work practice styles that I first discussed in Mobile Office Work Practices. These example neighborhood groups included the principal...

In my recent posting Technology, Mobility, Flexibility, and Beyond, I discussed the new open workplace. At this point, it seems appropriate to take a step back and discuss how work practices shape the layout and design of open offices.