Post-Occupancy Evaluation:
Learning from Experience with Green Buildings

In the process of designing a large open-plan office building for a corporate client, Gensler’s designers suggested taking a look at a smaller project they recently completed for the same client. In the earlier project, they found that partially closed-in “teaming areas” they had created in the corners were rarely used because they didn’t offer enough acoustical separation. Similarly, the office staff disliked the clutter and noise created by copy machines in the open plan. Based on this post-occupancy evaluation, the design for the new space changed course considerably. “We learned that we needed to balance the open plan with closed spaces,” says Tamar Moy, of the Gensler NY Consulting Group.

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