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Small Work Groups

Opening context:
Self-Governing Workshops and Offices, Flexible Office Space

Conflict

When more that half a dozen people work in the same place, it is essential that they not be forced to work in one huge undifferentiated space, but that instead, they can divide their workspace up, and so form smaller groups.

Resolution

Break institutions into small, spatially identifiable workgroups, with less than half a dozen people in each. Arrange these work groups so that each person is in at least partial view of the other members of his group; and arrange several groups in such a way that they share a common entrance, food, office equipment, drinking fountains, bathrooms.

Closing context:
Office Connections, Flexible Office Space, Common Areas at the Heart, Half-Private Office, Workspace Enclosures