This page is being developed to provide information on the Open Plan Change Support Project which began July 1, 2017. This project will support occupants moving into the Clinical Sciences Building and the Academic Tower and Opththalmology Building on Block 33. The work being done will also support future Open Plan projects such as ZSFG, and others. In addition, this page will have tools and resources for the already identified Open Plan Change Agents......more content to be provided soon!
Note that Open Plan design as implemented at UCSF includes private offices, work stations, focus rooms, huddle rooms, break rooms and various sized conference rooms. This allows occupants to move about the space as needed, depending on the type of work they are performing that day.
Articles of interest
Fortune: The Open Office Concept is Dead
Fentress: Create an Open Office Plan that Works for Everyone
WSJ: Why You Can't Concentrate at Work
UCSF Academic Senate: Faculty Concerns about Activity Based Workplace at Mission Hall
Thom Baguley: The Case for New Academic Workspaces
New York Times: How the Hum of a Coffee Shop can Boost Creativity: Pulling up a seat at your favorite coffee shop may be an efficient way to write a paper or finish a work project. Now a new website lets you bring the coffee shop to your cubicle.
The New Yorker: The Open-Office Trap
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