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Evaluating Workplace Constructs Using Computerized Techniques of Space Syntax

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Previous literature on space syntax showed how workspace layout generated boundaries that created relationships of accessibility and visibility (Rashid et al. 2005). These measures in turn regulated occupants’ behavior and activities. Previous research also measured the impact of spatial layouts and various organizational constructs such as employees’ performance, satisfaction, and face-to-face communication levels. However, there is little research that documents whether these techniques are implemented in professional practice. Within this chapter, the author discusses and compares the visual properties of six different semi-government and private offices in Dubai regarding their terms of intelligibility and their expected level of face-to-face communication among employees. The author provides a comparison between these offices and mainstream workplace concepts using space syntax techniques. The goal of using these techniques is to establish a systematic and an objective way in describing the relationship between organizational constructs and office layouts.

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  1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Linda N. Nubani

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    Wolfgang F.E. Preiser

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    Andrea E. Hardy

  3. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Minden, Germany

    Ulrich Schramm

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Nubani, L.N. (2018). Evaluating Workplace Constructs Using Computerized Techniques of Space Syntax. In: Preiser, W., Hardy, A., Schramm, U. (eds) Building Performance Evaluation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56862-1_11

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