Chapter 9: Knowledge Assets, Spaces, and Places for Working in Offices

This chapter examines the knowledge assets, moments and mobilities of office work as second spaces. The authors examine the knowledge assets, moments, and mobilities that occur in offices. The authors examine a traditional corporate office design and explore how knowledge moments contribute to an individual’s knowledge capital stock. The authors apply spatial syntax methods to a traditional office layout to illustrate everyday knowledge mobility. The value of office knowledge and moments to a knowledge society is also discussed.