Chapter-13-Office-Environment-Evolution-Theory.md

+- [[Japanese]]
+   * Part II Office Environment and Productivity
+     * [[Chapter 7 Equipment Police]]
+     * [[Chapter 8 The program can be done at night]]
+     * [[Chapter 9 Saving Office Investments]]
+     * [[Break a minute... Intermezzo]]
+     * [[Chapter 10: Mental Labor Hours vs. Physical Labor Hours]]
+     * [[Chapter 11 Phones, Phones, and Phones]]
+     * [[Chapter 12 Restoration of the Door]]
+     * [[Chapter 13 Office Environment Evolution Theory]]
+
+## Chapter 13 Office environment evolution theory (pp.92-104)
+
+- Consider the following points about the conditions that an ideal office should have
+
+>・How should the office be arranged so that employees can work comfortably and increase productivity?
+> What kind of form should the office take in order for employees to be enthusiastic and devoted to their work?
+
+- Alexander's Organic Order
+- A uniform building completed by a master plan is useless to anyone but one person.
+- Instead of a masterplan, architect Christopher Alexander proposed the concept of a "metaplan"
+- The metaplan consists of three parts, and the buildings and spaces that develop under it have an **organic order** (e.g. Fig. 13.1).
+
+>・The basic idea of ​​evolving little by little
+> A set of patterns and common design principles that govern evolution
+>・ Participation of residents in the design of related parts
+
+<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/zenn-user-upload/a7f1d899de45-20230817.png" width="480px" alt="Figure 13.1 Swiss streets. A good example of organic order without a master plan ">
+
+*[^1] Figure 13.1 Townscape of Switzerland. A good example of organic order without a master plan*
+
+- continuation
+- Alexander presents 253 patterns of organic order in The Pattern Language
+
+### Pattern 183 “Workspace Enclosure”
+
+>A workspace that is too enclosed or too exposed is not an effective place to work. A good workspace strikes this balance. …and a wall behind it makes for a more comfortable workspace. There shall be no blind wall within 8 feet (2.4 m) of the front. (Sometimes at work I raise my eyes, focus on something farther than my desk, and want to rest my eyes. A blind wall within 8 feet gives me no rest. In this case, I feel too enclosed.) ) ... You must not hear any noise significantly different from the noise produced in your workspace. (The work space must be enclosed in such a way as to block out noises that are different from the sounds you make. It has been proven that you can concentrate on your work better when the people around you are doing the same thing. , must be able to sit facing different directions.
+
+[^2] "A Pattern Language" (Translated by Kana Hirata, Kashima Publishing, 1984)
+
+<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/zenn-user-upload/a35a79fc8669-20230817.png" width="480px" alt="Figure 13.2 Enclosure of workspace">
+
+*[^3] Figure 13.2 Work space enclosure*
+
+---
+
+- The authors propose four new patterns aimed at office design that is comfortable for intellectual workers
+
+1. Assembled office
+2. Windows
+3. Indoor and outdoor spaces
+4. Shared space
+
+### 1. modular office
+
+- A “assembled private room” (like an individual booth in an internet cafe) is not suitable for working alone or in a team.
+- Require common and semi-private areas for team work and personal space isolated from distractions and noise
+- With the support of a central space design organization, team members discuss layouts and interiors from different angles with space design experts
+- Make desks and fixtures usable in different spaces
+
+### 2. window
+
+- The building should be long and narrow with a width of no more than 9 meters, with a sufficient number of windows like in a hotel (e.g. Figure 13.4).
+
+<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/zenn-user-upload/609fe9d0d123-20230817.png" width="480px" alt="Figure 13.4 Women's Dormitory at Swarthmore University">
+
+*[^4] Fig. 13.4 Women's dormitory at Swarthmore University*
+
+- The increase in cost of horizontal buildings is so small that it does not appear in the data, and the change will come in terms of profits
+- While costs are tangible, such as building size and equipment, profits are less tangible, such as increased productivity and fewer retirees.
+### 3. indoor and outdoor spaces
+
+>Horizontal buildings also have the advantage of harmonizing indoor and outdoor spaces. If you've ever worked in an office with an outdoor facility, it's hard to imagine being stuck in your room all day.
+
+→ Otherwise, there will be employees like me who aimlessly wander around the company and sit there. This is because there is no choice but to find metaphors for natural spaces within the company. It would be nice to have a space where everyone can breathe the outside air, just as some employees refresh themselves in the smoking area on the emergency staircase.
+
+### 4. shared space
+
+- For spaces, a pattern called "privacy depth" can be applied that gradually becomes more private as one enters the building.
+- Design the entrance of the work space as a common space where all employees can feel warm like a fireplace.
+- There is a table for meetings, chairs for everyone, a whiteboard, and a bulletin board
+- Ideally, you want facilities and space to cook and eat simple meals
+
+---
+
+- The common element of all patterns is **reliance on the formula that nothing is ever exactly the same**
+
+- let's try it
+- If the office was built according to the master plan, try moving the project outside the company building
+- Think about success from your own project, not from the whole company
+
+→ It is important that the ideal office not only adheres to the above pattern, but is created with the members imagining how it will lead to improved productivity for each individual team. deaf. You can also pick up hints for a comfortable office from "Pattern Language".
+[^1]: p.95 of this book
+[^2]: Alexander, Christopher. S, Ishikawa and M. Silverstein with M.Jacobson, I.Fisksdahl-King, and S.Angel. A Pattern Language. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977.
+Translated by Tahana, "Pattern Language", Kashima Publishing, 1984
+[^3]: p.96 of this book
+[^4]: p.100 of this book
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