Routledge Handbook of High-Performance Workplaces

Christhina Candido directs the SHE (Sustainable and Healthy Environments) Lab at the University of Melbourne Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. She leads a program of applied and interdisciplinary research aimed at advancing knowledge about the design, performance, and experience of the built environment. She has led Post-Occupancy Evaluation surveys in 250 workplaces located in five continents. Findings from her work in workspaces have been used to inform changes in design and operational practices around the world. She is member of expert advisory groups with the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), WELL Faculty, the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), and the National Australian Building Rating System (NABERS). Iva Durakovic is a lecturer and interior designer with over 10 years’ experience working on high-profile, award-winning workplace design projects. She holds a Bachelor of Interior Architecture Hons from the University of New South Wales. Her research focuses on behavioural impacts and phenomenology of high-performance workplaces, evaluating the environments and their cultures to understand the human factors at play across individual, physical, and organisational levels, particularly within emergent post 2020 workplace contexts. Her projects blend research, industry, and work-integrated learning to foster knowledge exchange between leading practitioners, academics, and next-generation designers. Samin Marzban is a lecturer with the School of Civil, Mining, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She is an architect by training and holds a PhD in Built Environment from The University of New South Wales, Sydney. Her research focuses on indoor environmental quality, with a particular focus on post-occupancy evaluation and workspace well-being. She is also interested and skilled in multi-disciplinary building-related research, including performance-based design, optimisation, and energy efficiency.

About the Transdisciplinary Workplace Research and Management Series

Rianne Apple-Meulenbroek and Vitalija Danivska

About the editors

Angela Loder and Jack Noonan

Introduction

About this Book

Christhina Candido, Iva Durakovic and Samin Marzban

About Ways of Working
Leena Thomas and Kirsten Brown

PART I

Physical Environment Considerations

Office Design
Christhina Candido, Behnaz Avazpour, and Iva Durakovic

Universal Design
Imogen Howe and Andrew Martel

Active Design
Lina Engelen

Ergonomic Design
Martin Mackey

Biophilic Design
Niranjika Wijesooriya and Arianna Brambilla

Thermal Comfort
Wei Wang, Yaolin Lin and Dorsa Fatourehchi

Indoor Air Quality
Arianna Brambilla, Ozgur Gocer and Christhina Candido

Visual Comfort
Wenye Hu

Acoustic Privacy
Manuj Yadav and Densil Cabrera

Collaborative Technology
Dian Tjondronegoro and Christhina Candido

PART II

Human Factors

Gender and Age
Fan Zhang and Maryam Khoshbakht

Personality
Samin Marzban and Christhina Candido

Neurodiversity
Kirsten Day and Andrew Martel

PART III

Organisational environment Considerations

Leadership and Culture
Peter Gahan

Diversity and Participation
Victor Sojo

Sense of belonging and professional identity
Iva Durakovic and Laurie Aznavoorian

PART IV

Case Studies

Case Study: Arup - Melbourne, Australia
Evodia Alaterou

Case Study: Universal Store - Brisbane, Australia
Annabel Khoo and Christian Pistauer

Case Study: City of Casey - Melbourne, Australia
Eoin Higgins and Ivy Li

Case Study: Officeworks - Melbourne, Australia
Laurie Aznavoorian

Case Study: Mirvac - Sydney, Australia
Lisa Munao

Conclusion

Christhina Candido, Iva Durakovic and Samin Marzban