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Social Interactions in Work Environments: Expanding Building Evaluation

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This chapter aims to provide a viable way of understanding the social aspects of life in the physical environment, as well as to relate this understanding directly to the evaluation of the environment.

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  1. 3XN Architects, Kanonbådsvej 8, 1437, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Mille Sylvest

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  1. Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Wolfgang F.E. Preiser

  2. Creo Architects, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

    Andrea E. Hardy

  3. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Minden, Germany

    Ulrich Schramm

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Sylvest, M. (2018). Social Interactions in Work Environments: Expanding Building Evaluation . In: Preiser, W., Hardy, A., Schramm, U. (eds) Building Performance Evaluation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56862-1_12

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