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View from an upper floor in a workplace down upon a kitchen space where three people sit with a drink and discuss

How sociable is your office? A theme revisited once more

By far the most popular blog post I’ve written on this site with more than 6,500 views to date (and counting) was written more than ten years ago, in 2014, on the topic of office configurations that support different forms of sociability. In ‘Figures, doors and passages – revisited. Or: Does your office allow for…

January 21, 2025 in Configuration, People, Space, Usage.

Figures, doors and passages – revisited. Or: Does your office allow for sociality?

This blog post was born out of serendipity. Which is only fitting, since it also covers the idea of serendipity. It all started with a typical day in my life as an academic: I did about ten different things at the same time and two of them suddenly created an unexpected connection in my mind;…

September 30, 2014 in Configuration, Space, Usage.

The Ideal Office: Concentric?

On twitter (thanks, Colin!) I recently stumbled upon a wonderful video produced by ARTE, in which the German designer Erik Spiekermann sketches his ideal office. It is fantastic to see someone sketch their ideas live (and funny as well to see Spiekermann struggle to draw a cool looking espresso machine – he later admits it…

April 16, 2012 in Buildings, Configuration, Culture, People, Space, Space Syntax.

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    Great article in the FT about architects designing fancy public toilets and the need for better provision to make cities more inclusivehttps://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/be904f2b-c4bb-4860-85f9-726cf4ce8c3a#GiftLink #ArchitectureResearch #architecture #Urbanism
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    November 20, 2025
    RE: https://mastodon.social/@preya/115578552583358578Sehr cool und zum Mitmachen - welches (Schul)Wissen ist mittlerweile überholt? Angeregt von @Maristya und umgesetzt von @preya
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    November 20, 2025
    We also heard the latest thinking on new developments in workplaceDesign and place making - are offices now obsolete? How to make hybrid work? Why are some settings never used? How do third spaces interact with the city? How to spread research knowledge in practice? #ArchitecturalResearch #workplaceDesign #Offices #HybridWork #architecture #sociology
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    November 20, 2025
    In our session today, we discussed office buildings together with my long-term collaborator, friend and ex-colleague Rosie Haslem Another brilliant and engaging session on architectural research in practice, differences between academic and practice-led research as well as various research tools#ArchitecturalResearch #workplaceDesign #Offices #HybridWork #Architecture #sociology
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