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1st Edition

The Science of People and Office Design Planning for Thinking, Discussing and Achieving

Edited By Sally Augustin, Nigel Oseland Copyright 2025
290 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The Science of People and Office Design: Planning for Thinking, Discussing and Achieving has been written for practitioners who would like to apply evidence-based and human-centric design principles to office and workplace design. Practitioner-researcher disconnects often arise due to a lack of meaningful connection between their professional worlds. This book seeks to rectify this disconnect... Read more

1. Science-Informed Office Design.
Sally Augustin and Nigel Oseland
2. Biophilia and Biophilic Design.
Judith Heerwagen and Bill Browning
3. Managing the Air.
Pawel Wargocki and David Hemming
4. Visual Aesthetics.
Christina Bodin Danielsson, Christine Kohlert and Dr Lena Reiß
5. Lighting.
Naomi Miller and Jennifer Veitch
6. Acoustics, Noise, and Soundscapes.
Nick Perham and Paige Hodsman
7. Touch, Haptics and Textures.
Upali Nanda and Sally Augustin
8. Promoting Healthy Behaviours.
Susanne Colenberg, Jos Kraal and Deborah Bucci
9. Organisational and National Cultures.
Sally Augustin and Arnold Levin
10. Occupant Personality.
Nigel Oseland and Casey Lindberg
11. Supporting the Neurodiverse.
Kristi Gaines and NIgel Oseland
12. Spaces for Collaboration.
Nigel Oseland, Amy Manley and Ellen Bruce Keable
13. Supporting Focused Work.
Michal Matlon and Cynthia Milota
14. Spaces for Revitalising.
Angela Loder, Valerie Jardon and Diane Rogers
15. Spaces to Encourage Creativity.
Sally Augustin, Emily N. Dunn and Craig Knight
16. To Work!.
Sally Augustin and Nigel Oseland

Biography

Sally Augustin, PhD, is a practicing environmental psychologist, a principal at Design With Science and a founder of The Space Doctors. Dr Augustin is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the editor of Research Design Connections, and a core researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces at the University of California, Berkeley.

Nigel Oseland, PhD, CPsychol, is an environmental (chartered) psychologist, workplace strategist, change manager, researcher, speaker, and author. Dr Oseland co-founded and hosts the Workplace Trends series of conferences; he presents internationally on workplace psychology and occasionally lectures at UCL and Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of A Practical Guide to Post-Occupancy Evaluation and Researching Building User Experience and Beyond the Workplace Zoo, published by Routledge.

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