Publish at March 14 2017 Updated April 24 2024
The digital fact raises questions about the layout of the workstation (desk, chair, surrounding spaces) and the organization of its work companion: the computer and its software.
According to the OECD, space configuration has a strong impact on learning. Beyond the personal learning space, that is, the organization of one's interaction with one's computer to learn. Screen-based work involves issues of workstation isolation, so that people do not interfere with each other's exchanges, are not disturbed by disruptive sound volume or movements, and can collaborate more efficiently.
Affordance is a neologism from the psychology of perception for the way in which the environment enhances our body's potential to interact. In tertiary societies based on a knowledge economy(60% of the world economy is tertiary-based), we spend a large part of our lives in office spaces, learning and working. Time dedicated to learning and working is important:
These figures show the scale of time spent in spaces that have an impact on the way we think, act and create. Gallup and Ipsos regularly carry out surveys on how people feel at work all over the world. These surveys show that people feel little motivation at work: for example, 11% of employees feel committed in a country like France, while for others it's more mixed. Couldn't we do better? Can well-designed spaces stimulate the pleasure of learning and doing?
In a dynamic furniture market that demands ergonomics, aesthetics and value for money, Steel Case is a furniture publisher that looks at the question of learning and working spaces from a number of angles. The company hires researchers and asks them questions such as: How does space produce well-being? What is the impact of space choices on the environment? How can we optimize the use of space?
Steel Case Education is specifically tasked with designing space planning solutions to promote learning, incorporating digital solutions. It's all about living in a learning ecosystem, with a choice of positions that encourages motivation and creativity, while experiencing continuous connection.
The space can be used as:
The "space palettes" devised by furniture designers and ergonomists include: "welcome space", "work-café space"[1], "work space", "silent work space", "open space", "privacy space" (concentration room), "acoustic meeting space", "nomadic workstation", "point-phone".
Without having the strength of a design office, without even knowing how to handle sophisticated space planning software such as Autocad, anyone can now use consumer tools to imagine their own workspace. Major retailers like IKEA offer 3D planning software, and everyone can try their hand at imagining how they'd like their space to look.
You can take inspiration from 120 photos of inspiring educational places and produce your own layout that will awaken the pleasure of engagement.
Illustration: Steelcase
Source: Affordance
Affordance - wikipedia - https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance
Educavox - Personal learning space - http://www.educavox.fr/formation/analyse/epa-et-formation
Psychologie de la perception - Gimenez - Flamarion 1997 http://perso.lcpc.fr/bremond.roland/documents/psychoPerception.pdf
Steel Case - https://www.steelcase.com/eu-fr/decouvrez/information/enseignement/
The liberated organization - Isaac Getz - http://www.organisationliberee.fr/en-france-seuls-11-des-salaries-sont-engages-dans-leur-entreprise/
Furniture market http://www.ameublement.com/fr/article/mobilier-de-bureau-un-marche-porteur
3D planning tools - Ikéa - http://www.ikea.com/ms/fr_FR/about-the-ikea-group/outils_plans_cuisine.html
AGO Forum Inspiring spaces and surprising movements - http://cursus.edu/dossiers-articles/articles/27614/espaces-inspirants-deplacements-surprenants/#.WJ2mgdLhDIX
Discover 120 photos of inspiring places https://fr.pinterest.com/deniscristol92/nouveaux-lieux-dapprentissage/
OECD Can the physical environment have an impact on the learning environment? CELE 2010/13 https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/5km4g20sbt7l-fr.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1787/5km4g20sbt7l-fr
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/fr/l-environnement-physique-peut-il-avoir-un-impact-sur-l-environnement-pedagogique_5km4g20sbt7l.pdf
[1 ] See examples of coworking http://blog.weroom.com/coworking-ou-cafes-les-lieux-parfaits-pour-travailler-a-paris/
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