TY - JOUR
T1 - Perception of privacy in a university building
T2 - The transparency paradox
AU - Bentinck, Salomé A.
AU - van Oel, Clarine J.
AU - van Dorst, Machiel J.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Informal face-to-face communication and chance encounters encourage knowledge sharing. This Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) examines how well a new building of a Dutch University Institute (DI) supported interaction and perceived privacy among faculty members. The study is designed as a qualitative research project with in-depth interviews among faculty members before and after relocation into the new building. The transparent and centrally organized floor plan supported face-to-face communication but generated a lack of privacy for faculty members. Not all perceived affordances of the design were planned. Lack of visual privacy and the sense of being controlled by others were related to the hierarchical position of teachers in this Higher Education Institute (HEI) between students and the dean, which caused tension and diminished their well-being.
AB - Informal face-to-face communication and chance encounters encourage knowledge sharing. This Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) examines how well a new building of a Dutch University Institute (DI) supported interaction and perceived privacy among faculty members. The study is designed as a qualitative research project with in-depth interviews among faculty members before and after relocation into the new building. The transparent and centrally organized floor plan supported face-to-face communication but generated a lack of privacy for faculty members. Not all perceived affordances of the design were planned. Lack of visual privacy and the sense of being controlled by others were related to the hierarchical position of teachers in this Higher Education Institute (HEI) between students and the dean, which caused tension and diminished their well-being.
KW - Affordance
KW - Architectural design
KW - Knowledge sharing
KW - Post-occupancy evaluation (POE)
KW - Privacy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083017601&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.foar.2020.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.foar.2020.03.004
M3 - Article
SN - 2095-2635
VL - 9
SP - 579
EP - 587
JO - Frontiers of Architectural Research
JF - Frontiers of Architectural Research
IS - 3
ER -