Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Progressive Partitions: The Promises and Problems of the American Open Plan Office
This article examines the tension between the progressive idealism of the American open plan as it was first conceived and promoted in the late 1960s, and the myriad organizational, social, and technological problems that emerged as the open plan concept became widespread in American offices through the 1970s and 1980s. Although intended to eliminate the archaic symbols of status and hierarchy in organizations, I argue that the open plan ultimately reproduced organizational hierarchy and became a spatial reflection of a culture of discrimination based on race, social class, and gender in American offices.
Progressive Partitions: The Promises and Problems of the American Open Plan Office
This article examines the tension between the progressive idealism of the American open plan as it was first conceived and promoted in the late 1960s, and the myriad organizational, social, and technological problems that emerged as the open plan concept became widespread in American offices through the 1970s and 1980s. Although intended to eliminate the archaic symbols of status and hierarchy in organizations, I argue that the open plan ultimately reproduced organizational hierarchy and became a spatial reflection of a culture of discrimination based on race, social class, and gender in American offices.
Progressive Partitions: The Promises and Problems of the American Open Plan Office
Kaufmann-Buhler, Jennifer (Autor:in)
Design and Culture ; 8 ; 205-233
03.05.2016
29 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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