Acoustic of open-plan offices
Riccardo Caradonna
Acoustic of open-plan offices.
Rel. Arianna Astolfi. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Architecture Construction City, 2023
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Abstract
In recent years, the world of work has undergone profound changes that have a significant impact on the physical spaces where people work. In the case of offices, there has been a shift from individual offices to open-plan spaces in, capable of accommodating multiple workstations. This change, in addition to generating cost savings, has led to an entirely new way of experiencing the workplace, transitioning from a more private space to a collective one. Over the years, research has focused extensively on the subjective satisfaction levels of workers. In the field of acoustics, particular attention has been given to the detrimental effects of Irrilevant Speech Noise (ISN), a parameter that defines the level of noise generated by conversations among workers, phone calls, and other noises they produce.
It has been shown that this ISN negatively influences cognitive performance, physical and mental health, and productivity of those working in such offices
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