Pan, Jiayu;
Bardhan, Ronita;
(2025)
Archetype of future workers and their preferences for workspace design.
Architectural Science Review
10.1080/00038628.2025.2489650.
(In press).
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Abstract
Technological advancements have gradually removed the spatial constraints of workspaces, while the outbreak of COVID-19 has accelerated the transition towards hybrid working mode. This paper studies the long-term implications of shifting work dynamics, with a focus on considerations for the design of future workspaces. It explores the evolving work patterns and preferences from the direct evidence. A questionnaire survey, collected during the summer of 2022 with 496 respondents around the world, forms the basis of the exploration. A cluster analysis is applied to reveal the worker archetypes with their corresponding design preferences. Three distinct types of workers are identified, including office workers, those opting for hybrid models and dedicated remote/home workers, while each group demonstrates distinct preferences for workspace design features. This study captures the preferences for different design variables across these groups, providing a forward-looking perspective on potential solutions for the future design of workspaces.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Archetype of future workers and their preferences for workspace design |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00038628.2025.2489650 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2025.2489650 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
| Keywords: | Workplace; future of work; hybrid working; office design; environmental design; remote working |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10210653 |
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