SUNY/Buffalo
Dept. of Architecture

ARC 564: Architecture and Society

Instructor: Edward Steinfeld

 

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This example is from the "Hype vs. Reality" article.

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Types of Territories
  • Primary:  14, 15, 12
  • Secondary/Individual:  3-7
  • Secondary/Group: 1, 2, 11, 13, 17
 

Potential Conflicts:

  • C: Open desk could result in encroachments by people needingoffice supplies
  • A: The public might try to use the staff entrance since it looks the same as the pulbic entrance
  • 14 and 15, 5 and 9, 6 and 10 all have to share desks between their work stations
  • 3-6 may be appropriated by higher echelon staff
  • professional staff may resent the amount of space that the receptionist has
  • invasions of personal space may occur at 17

 

Self Regulating Features
  • Position of receptionist and waiting area keeps public from venturing too deep into the work space
  • Lockers for individual and group possessions allow turns in use of spaces and reduce conflict
Resources
  • 3-6 have more space than 7-10 since no one is passing by their desks
  • 10 has the least privacy since it is surrounded on three sides by circulation and has an open side
  • 3 and 7 have a space for someone else to sit
  • 12, the receptionist,  has the most space of all
Statistics:
  • professional staff uses 1/3 of space
  • 60-70% of professional staff space is devoted to secondary group areas
  • observations would find that 3-6 would be used much more heavily than the other work stations

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