...Lusi Morhayim Purpose This paper aims to analyze visitors’ waiting behavior in corridors of an internal medicine ward in relation to concepts of territoriality and privacy. Design/methodology/approach Waiting activities, visitors’ room numbers and duration of activities were recorded...

...Daryl May; Chaham Alalouch; Peter Aspinall; Harry Smith Purpose The purpose of this article is to explore preference for privacy among people with different demographic and cultural backgrounds. In particular the study aims to investigate the effect of age, gender, previous experience of space...

...Suining Ding Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore managers' and employees' opinions regarding privacy in open plan offices and also investigate the relationship between the perception of managers and employees on visual and acoustical privacy in order to provide better design solutions...

...Chaham Alalouch; Peter Aspinall Purpose The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between measures of the plan configuration of buildings (in this case multi‐bed wards), and subjective judgements on spatial locations for privacy. Design/methodology/approach Measures of plan...