Table 1. Designed affordances and... | Emerald Publishing

Table 1.

Designed affordances and workspace features

Space	Affordances	Instrumental dimension	Symbolic dimension	Aesthetic dimension
Room 1	1) Support awareness and ad hoc problem-solving with face-to-face seating arrangement	The face-to-face seating arrangement of workstations with high visibility	“Forest”	Rich to support a comfortable and home-like atmosphere
	2) Support collaboration with visualisation tools and furniture	Separate workstation set-up for brief problem-solving events	Casual and home-like	Textiles with autumnal colours (greys, green, orange, purple)
		Drawing board		Colourful carpets
		Separated from informal meeting area with a curtain
Room 2	3) Support focused work in multitenant workspace	The face-to-face seating arrangement of workstations with high partitions for increased privacy	“Park”	Lean to support the calm atmosphere
	4) Support confidential tasks with increased visual privacy	Drawing board	Peaceful, calm and light	Dusty green wall and plywood tree
	2) Support collaboration with visualisation tools			Partitions in different shades of green and blue
Room 3	5) Support high-focus work with additional workstations	Enclosed and distraction-free space	“City”	Lean to support formal atmosphere
	6) Support collaboration and meetings through a workspace	Workstations with high partitions for focused individual work	Formal and calm	Dusty colours
	7) Support individual and group phone- and video-conference meetings with a workspace	High meeting table for collaboration		Wall-mounted drawing board with city view
		Tools for videoconference meetings
		Wall-mounted drawing board
Informal meeting area	8) Support group meetings with a workspace	Separated from Room 1 with a curtain	“Mountain cabin”	Rich and colourful to support a playful atmosphere
	9) Support recovery with relaxing space	Couch, chairs and rocking chairs with side tables	Playful and relaxed	Wall-mounted drawing board with nature visualisation
	10) Support client communication events with phonebooth	Wall-mounted drawing board for problem-solving
	2) Support collaboration with visualisation tools	Phonebooth for individual phone meetings

Space	Affordances	Instrumental dimension	Symbolic dimension	Aesthetic dimension
Room 1	1) Support awareness and ad hoc problem-solving with face-to-face seating arrangement	The face-to-face seating arrangement of workstations with high visibility	“Forest”	Rich to support a comfortable and home-like atmosphere
	2) Support collaboration with visualisation tools and furniture	Separate workstation set-up for brief problem-solving events	Casual and home-like	Textiles with autumnal colours (greys, green, orange, purple)
		Drawing board		Colourful carpets
		Separated from informal meeting area with a curtain
Room 2	3) Support focused work in multitenant workspace	The face-to-face seating arrangement of workstations with high partitions for increased privacy	“Park”	Lean to support the calm atmosphere
	4) Support confidential tasks with increased visual privacy	Drawing board	Peaceful, calm and light	Dusty green wall and plywood tree
	2) Support collaboration with visualisation tools			Partitions in different shades of green and blue
Room 3	5) Support high-focus work with additional workstations	Enclosed and distraction-free space	“City”	Lean to support formal atmosphere
	6) Support collaboration and meetings through a workspace	Workstations with high partitions for focused individual work	Formal and calm	Dusty colours
	7) Support individual and group phone- and video-conference meetings with a workspace	High meeting table for collaboration		Wall-mounted drawing board with city view
		Tools for videoconference meetings
		Wall-mounted drawing board
Informal meeting area	8) Support group meetings with a workspace	Separated from Room 1 with a curtain	“Mountain cabin”	Rich and colourful to support a playful atmosphere
	9) Support recovery with relaxing space	Couch, chairs and rocking chairs with side tables	Playful and relaxed	Wall-mounted drawing board with nature visualisation
	10) Support client communication events with phonebooth	Wall-mounted drawing board for problem-solving
	2) Support collaboration with visualisation tools	Phonebooth for individual phone meetings