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I didn't realize I was talking with an architect. Sorry if I come off too aggressive. :) I honestly think that there would be big loads of cash to be made in a

by vlehto 11y ago

I didn't realize I was talking with an architect. Sorry if I come off too aggressive. :) I honestly think that there would be big loads of cash to be made in architecture if somebody would take strict back to the roots + science approach. If you could contact CEO of general electric and show him proof that his employees are 10% more productive in a workplace you designed than what is industry standard at the moment, budget is no real constraint anymore. You could do that, psychology is lot more quantitative these days than ever before. The result would probably not be "WOW" architecture. It's probably lot about windows. And you have to take interior, exterior and surroundings into account at the same time. Probably quite traditional and boring building. But possibly lot more interesting than this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/GE_Schenectady.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/GE_Schen... You would not get your name on architecture magazines. But you would make lives better. Happy employee is productive employee. I hope you are not offended. This is nothing personal. I'm just frustrated with so much outright ugly factories and offices everywhere, and architects are juggling around Guggenheim. What works in art doesn't work in buildings, because we have to live with the crap that never would have gotten out of studio.

galfarragem 11y ago
Productivity gains imply that the architect must know the workflow in detail. Stories about students living in a hospital for some weeks to acknowledge the subtleties of the workflow are rather common in academia but in the real world things are hard to put in practice: time constraints, work-life balance, squeezed budgets (in most industries) and subjectivity (hard to quantify productivity/happiness gains before building it) make change very hard. R&D in architecture is already fueled by architecture interns working pro bono. Normally the higher you go in an hierarchy the more conservative it gets till you get answers like: I completely agree with you but without an open layout how do I control my employees? With an open layout I can put more people in less space. This is what most business people think. All the rest is poetry. edit: best office concept I know: http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Glass-walled-office-in-woodland-of-Selgas-Cano-architects-Madrid.jpg http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Gl...
- vlehto 11y ago
  OK, how do you know that's the best office? Students sleeping in a hospital gives them the feel of how it is. Then they can argument their position better. While they really don't know if people are going to be healthier in their design. This is exactly what I was talking about. You can measure if it's good. Have you?

by vlehto 11y ago

galfarragem 11y ago

Productivity gains imply that the architect must know the workflow in detail. Stories about students living in a hospital for some weeks to acknowledge the subtleties of the workflow are rather common in academia but in the real world things are hard to put in practice: time constraints, work-life balance, squeezed budgets (in most industries) and subjectivity (hard to quantify productivity/happiness gains before building it) make change very hard. R&D in architecture is already fueled by architecture interns working pro bono. Normally the higher you go in an hierarchy the more conservative it gets till you get answers like: I completely agree with you but without an open layout how do I control my employees? With an open layout I can put more people in less space. This is what most business people think. All the rest is poetry. edit: best office concept I know: http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Glass-walled-office-in-woodland-of-Selgas-Cano-architects-Madrid.jpg http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Gl...

vlehto 11y ago
OK, how do you know that's the best office? Students sleeping in a hospital gives them the feel of how it is. Then they can argument their position better. While they really don't know if people are going to be healthier in their design. This is exactly what I was talking about. You can measure if it's good. Have you?