Nature Assisted Workplace Environments : collaboration, creativity & restoration
This study investigates what collaborative, creative and restorative areas look like in a work environment and if workplace greenery and/or access to nature like environments have an impact on these areas. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with representatives from three different companie...
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SLU/Dept. of People and Society
2016
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| Sumario: | This study investigates what collaborative, creative and restorative areas look like in a work environment and if workplace greenery and/or access to nature like environments have an impact on these areas. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with representatives from three different companies to understand the strategic incentives for their workplace design and development and a more in-depth work place study of one company interviewing four employees about their preferences and habits for collaborative, creative and restorative places in the office environment. The results from the interviews were analysed, using a summary of multiple studies of the perceived sensory dimensions framework, to understand how the framework formulated for an outdoor nature environment, could be used in an indoor workplace environment.
Collaboration and collective creativity require open, inviting and flexible spaces, these are also the areas getting most attention at the workplaces studied. Individual creativity and restoration demand quiet and calm places away from distractions and seem to be somewhat neglected in the workplace development efforts. The spaces identified by the interviewees were made attractive by their proximity to greenery, window views and daylight. Although more research is required, establishing a framework based on the perceived sensory dimensions could be a pathway for workplace development to not only include collaboration and creativity but also restoration. |
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