Chapter 13: Work, Learning, and Leisure Environments
Introduction
Work Environments
A Brief History of Workplace Design
Ambient Work Environments
Sound
Furniture and Layout
Territoriality and Status in the Work Environment
Human Factors: Engineering for Human Efficiency
Communicating With Machines
Mapping Control–Display Relationships
Machine or Human: Who Is in Charge?
The Electronic Office
Designing the Office Landscape
Advantages of the Open-Plan Office
Disadvantages of the Open-Plan Office
Job Satisfaction and the Work Environment
Summary of Design in the Work Environment
Learning Environments
Classroom Environments
Windowless Classrooms
The Open Classroom Concept
Environmental Complexity and Enrichment
Density
Day Care and Preschool Settings
Libraries
Multiple Functions
Orientation and Wayfinding
Visitor Behavior in Museum Environments
Wayfinding
Exploration
Fatigue in Museum Exploration
Management of Natural Lands for Leisure
The Meaning of Leisure
Characteristics of Recreationists
The Challenge of Land Management
Can We Love Our Lands Too Much?
What Does Recreation Management Manage?
How Much Wilderness Is Enough?
Prelude to Preservation
Summary: Leisure and Recreation Environments