1 September 2020 11h30 to 12h30 Curiosity Room Partners Conference

The impact of the spatial concept on productivity

Workspace is too often seen as a cost rather than an investment. In improving the well-being and performance of employees. Nigel Oseland will present a meta-analysis of studies and research clearly showing the interrelation between work environment and productivity. He will also address the complex subject of productivity measurement.

Nigel Oseland is a researcher in spatial strategy, change management and environmental psychology. He has written numerous books on these topics and in 2011, he created the firm Workplace Unlimited, which advises companies wishing to change their working methods to improve the individual and collective performance of their employees.
 

Conference Moderator:

Jean-Paul FOURNIER
Editor-in-Chief – OFFICE & CULTURE

Speaker:

Nigel OSELAND
Researcher in spatial strategy, direction of change and environmental psychology – WORKPLACE UNLIMITED

1 September 2020 15h00 to 16h00 Curiosity Room Partners Conference

Acoustic comfort of workspaces

Many open workspaces, open spaces, call centers, landscaped offices.... have not integrated the sound atmosphere from the design stage or during the redevelopment. However, noise disturbs, disturbs concentration, impairs the quality of work, and generates psycho-social and physiological disorders. This is the number one concern of office workers.

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2 September 2020 11h30 to 12h30 Curiosity Room Partners Conference

Comment analyser les données quantitatives sur les espaces de travail

Wim Pullen, a university researcher for 35 years, will review the tools available to professionals who often find it difficult to subscribe to the certainties and believe the promises of self-proclaimed specialists relying on pseudo-research. In particular, it will analyse the methodology for measuring space occupation and user satisfaction: What is the right sample size? How to avoid drowning in data? Is it better to analyse and understand the processes involved in the functioning of a workspace or to determine what is necessary for people to find their place in a work community?

Wim Pullen heads the Center for People and Buildings, a foundation in Delft, established in 2001 on the initiative of the Dutch Government Building Agency, Delft University of Technology, Abn Amro and the Dutch Treasury. The foundation's mission is (mainly applied) research into the relationship between work, people and their work space. 

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Conference Moderator:

Jean-Paul FOURNIER
Editor-in-Chief – OFFICE & CULTURE

Speaker:

Wim PULLEN
Research fellow – CENTER FOR PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS

2 September 2020 15h00 to 16h00 Curiosity Room Partners Conference

NDA Magazine Conference: CSR materials and their importance

In order to better take into account the social and environmental impacts of retail & hospitality and tertiary sector design projects, design concepts must now be part of a sustainable development approach.
Agencies must recommend materials with high added value in terms of well-being, health, acoustic comfort, lighting, ergonomics, etc.
Their support also involves selecting and researching products and applications that are part of a recycling process: recyclable or already recycled.
The diversity of the types of locations where the concepts are implemented, leading to other specifications, obliges them to consider the flexibility necessary for their adaptation while preserving their commitments. 

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3 September 2020 11h30 to 12h30 Curiosity Room Partners Conference

Towards tertiary spaces that talk about the company's profession

The recent development of nomadic developments tends to remove from offices the traces, trophies and other stigmas that give a glimpse of a company's trade. How is this phenomenon of visual amnesia in offices illustrated? What are the means available to companies to show their work in halls, atriums and other common areas? 

Sébastien Rocq is an independent consultant. He divides his time between accompanying companies and exploring new forms of doing things together in the artistic, scientific and economic fields. He teaches innovation at université́ in Rouen and participates in research projects on innovation environments.
 

Conference Moderator:

Jean-Paul FOURNIER
Editor-in-Chief – OFFICE & CULTURE

Speaker:

Sébastien ROCQ
Freelance consultant – -