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 SeriesRianne Apple-Meulenbroek and Vitalija DanivskaAbout the editors Angela Loder and Jack Noonan Introduction About this BookChristhina Candido, Iva Durakovic and Samin Marzban About Ways of Working Leena Thomas and Kirsten Brown PART I Physical Environment ConsiderationsOffice 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 FatourehchiIndoor Air Quality Arianna Brambilla, Ozgur Gocer and Christhina CandidoVisual 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 CandidoNeurodiversity Kirsten Day and Andrew Martel PART III Organisational environment ConsiderationsLeadership 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, AustraliaEvodia AlaterouCase 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, AustraliaLaurie Aznavoorian Case Study: Mirvac - Sydney, AustraliaLisa Munao Conclusion Christhina Candido, Iva Durakovic and Samin Marzban