Arch 201, Spring 1989: Draft student paper on speculative office buildings

09/04/1990

Student Work, Paper

Draft paper attempting a response to the question: What would it take to create a speculative office building that significantly improves the work environment, while remaining economically competitive with what is currently built?.

Content of

Academic Course 1 Items

Design studio on Office Building Design 1989

Students were asked to examine contemporary office buildings, specify their problems and propose a design process, which would generate a new archetype for office buildings. Emphasis to be given to the criteria and patterns which make the office spaces personal ...

References

Projects 1 Items

The Personal Workplace - New System of Office Furniture 1988 to 1990

Zeeland, MI, U.S.A.

Office Furniture, Designed , Two personal offices with furniture prototypes built by C.E.S.

Herman Miller, the second largest manufacturer of office furniture in the United States, commissioned C.E.S. to develop the "personal workplace", a new system of furniture, which aimed at changing the nature of the American workplace completely. The emphasis was on ...