The impact on human behaviour in shared building spaces as a result of COVID-19 restrictions

Jens, Krister; Gregg, Jay Sterling

doi:10.1080/09613218.2021.1926217

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“…During the pandemic, space arrangements were easily adjusted and reconfigured in open-plan spaces in higher education, and people tended to use more open-plan spaces than enclosed spaces (Jens and Gregg, 2021a). Open-plan spaces were also useful for controlling occupants' social distancing (Jens and Gregg, 2021b). Therefore, the role of learning commons would be more highlighted to provide open-plan spaces with high flexibility and functionality for various purposes.…”

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Indoor environment and student productivity for individual and collaborative work in learning commons: a case study

Hong

Kim

Yang

2021

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PurposeThis study investigates the relationships between the built environments of learning commons and user productivity, such as collaborative and individual work productivity and overall environmental satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachA case study was conducted in a learning commons building at a higher education campus in the USA. The data collection and analysis were conducted with the survey responses of satisfaction with indoor environments and perceived productivity as well as the objective indoor environmental quality (IEQ) measurements. Statistical analysis was performed, including descriptive analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), regression analysis and ANOVA test.FindingsThe study presents that satisfaction with noise level is positively associated with individual productivity. The results imply that the spatial properties of open-plan commons, such as visibility and accessibility, are associated with space users' interactions and collaborative productivity. Overall satisfaction is in a positive relationship with lighting satisfaction, study supporting artifacts and furniture configuration. The results of this study reveal the importance of meeting the standards in IEQ factors on individual productivity and the spatial features preferred by space users that facilitate tasks and activities.Originality/valueThe mixed-method approach, including subjective and objective data collection of IEQ, is rarely utilized to show the relationships with perceived productivity. This study investigates a unique building design feature such as step seats in relation to space use and perceived productivity. The findings inform library leadership about environmental characteristics related to the user experience in learning commons, a new format of academic libraries.

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Indoor environment and student productivity for individual and collaborative work in learning commons: a case study

Hong

Kim

Yang

2021

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“…Characteristics that made them have grown exponentially across Europe and other areas (Figure 1). For the new creative class, home means also an ideal place of work: it is mobile and social [30] with the communal spaces being key for the users [27]; additionally, the need for exterior and communal spaces, core spaces of coliving buildings, has also multiplied due to the COVID-19 crisis [18,31]. The rise in searches for the term 'coliving' in 2015 was likely due to an increase of these facilities in New York City and companies beginning to expand this typology outside of the tech world [33].…”

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“…Monitoring and evaluating the use of these spaces has become essential to improving the future of spaces and promoting sustainable housing, tracking the factors of environmental, social, and financial sustainability [15,16]. Post-COVID-19 housing resiliency is related to flexibility, adaptability, reducing risk infection and ensuring user well-being [17,18], and has turned even more human-centered.…”

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Data-Driven Methodology for Coliving Spaces and Space Profiling Based on Post-Occupancy Evaluation through Digital Trail of Users

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Armand²,

Lastres³

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Sustainable spaces are those that are optimized, accessible, promote user experience and aim to reduce CO2 emissions while enhancing users’ well-being and comfort. The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology that was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to understand and improve the use of coliving spaces based on remote Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) analysis of the digital trail generated by the users. Applying the POE methodology based on data collection from IT infrastructure enabled to identify opportunities to improve the future design of human-centered spaces. The residential market, design-wise traditional for centuries, is now facing a high-speed adaptation to the changing needs, accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis. New ways of living and shared spaces like Coliving are escalating. Technology is both an enabler of this shift in housing and the solution to operating and managing these new buildings. This paper demonstrates, through the case study of a Coliving space located in Madrid, Spain, the benefits of implementing data analysis of the digital trail collected from in-built IT systems such as smart locks, Wi-Fi networks and electric consumption devices. The conclusion is that analysing the available data from the digital infrastructure of coliving buildings can enable practitioners to improve the future design of residential spaces.

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“…However, it is the COVID-19 crisis that has established an unprecedented global situation where millions of people in countries around the world have been subjected to staying at home for long periods of time, with remote working becoming the only option [9,10]. This has clearly demonstrated that after the pandemic, workplaces need to adapt quickly to new environments where digitalization, flexibility, and health and safety are essential [11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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Learnings from User Digital Trail Post-Occupancy Evaluation before COVID-19 for Future Workplace Analysis and Design

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Data are required for optimizing workplace design, assessing user experience, and ensuring wellbeing. This research focuses on the benefits of incorporating post-occupancy evaluation (POE) data analysis by studying the digital trail of employees generated by the existing Wi-Fi infrastructure of the office. The objective is to enable a safe return to offices through compliance with COVID-19 space-capacity regulations and in consideration of the health and wellbeing of employees. Workplaces, teams, and people have become more digitalized and therefore more mobile due to the globalization of knowledge and cutting-edge technological innovations, a process that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis. Now, hybrid work and fully remote working routines are increasing in a significant number of companies. Nevertheless, with the return to the office, understanding how to calibrate spatial capacity is now key for workplaces and companies. Traditional assessment methods are obsolete; new methods that respond to mobility, changing occupancy rates, and comfort are essential. This paper analyzes, through the case study of a pre-COVID-19 activity-based office, the advantages of using digital indoor-location techniques (such as Wi-Fi networks, which additionally have the advantage of being previously installed in the majority of these spaces). The paper demonstrates that the incorporation of digital POE of user trends enabled a more seamless, accurate, and scalable return to a new normal office work scenario and an improved post-COVID-19 design of workplaces.

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The impact on human behaviour in shared building spaces as a result of COVID-19 restrictions

Cited by 19 publications

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Indoor environment and student productivity for individual and collaborative work in learning commons: a case study

Indoor environment and student productivity for individual and collaborative work in learning commons: a case study

Data-Driven Methodology for Coliving Spaces and Space Profiling Based on Post-Occupancy Evaluation through Digital Trail of Users

Learnings from User Digital Trail Post-Occupancy Evaluation before COVID-19 for Future Workplace Analysis and Design

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