Dear Chris,
there should be literature from the marketing discipline addressing
your question.
What immediately comes to my mind are Stewart Brand, Bernard Rudofsky
and Christopher Alexander.
Stewart Brand: "How buildings learn: What happens after they are built".
Andrea Bocco Guarneri, "Bernard Rudofsky: A humane designer" has
comprehensive overviews of all his books. It should be available at
the SHU library.
Christopher Alexander: "A timeless way of building"
IMO all of these contain knowledge that is immediately applicable.
Greetings from Hatfield,
Michael
On 2 Jul 02009, at 09:51, Chris Rust wrote:
> Hi, I'd be grateful if anybody could point me in the direction of
> published research that deals with the effect of building layout
> and circulation on the relationships between people in an
> organisation, especially the effects on how well an organisation
> works as a collaborative community. I'm sure this is a well-
> developed field (I'm sure I've seen publications about this in the
> past) but I'm finding it difficult to find the way in to relevant
> research.
>
> We have some problems with this in our own buildings, we "know"
> that where people work in relation to each other and the informal
> ways in which they meet are important because we've experienced
> good and bad situations, but I'd like some more concrete knowledge
> to help me deal with those who plan and operate our estate.
>
> thanks
> Chris
>
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