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BARRIERS TO HUMAN CONNECTIVITY AND THE DESIGN OF MORE COLLABORATIVE COWORKING SPACES

Part of: Human Behaviour and Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

P. Mandeno  and
W. L. Baxter
P. Mandeno*
Affiliation:
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
W. L. Baxter
Affiliation:
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
*
*p.mandeno17@imperial.ac.uk

Abstract

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Coworking spaces – the most prevalent form of collaborative workplaces – are said to offer the ideal solution for a new generation of creative knowledge workers, balancing flexibility and independence with structure and community. Recent studies, however, highlight deficiencies as they relate to the promise of ‘community’ made by most coworking spaces. This work reports 16 barriers that impede the process of human connectivity in coworking spaces that emerged from in-depth interviews with 26 coworkers. Suggestions are made for how these barriers might inform more effective workplace design.

Keywords

experience designinteraction designhuman behaviourhuman connectivitycoworking

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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 1475 - 1484
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