Innovation Spaces in Rwanda
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This presentation is about the rationale for Kigali's first coworking space. Presentation delivered by Jon Stever, the founder of The Office, at the first design symposium held by the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology's Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design.
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Innovation Spaces in Rwanda
- 4. OPUS: WORK OPIFEX (latin): ONE WHO DOES WORK FACERE: TO DO OFFIS (~1300): ONE WHO HOLDS OFFICE OFFICE (~1560): PLACE FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS
- 8. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?? KNOWLEDGE WORKERS NEED IDEAS
- 9. need knowledge workers RECAP: 1. 2. buildings are 4. they need 3. need good designed for to have ideas offices
- 10. knowledge workers RECAP: need good designed for to have ideas offices
- 11. WHERE DO YOU HAVE YOUR BEST IDEAS? 10
- 12. IN BED ON THE COUCH PLAYING GAMES IN A PARK ON A WALK EXERCISING AT THE LIBRARY DRINKING COFFEE DRINKING BEER
- 13. NO
- 14. 10 Good layout contributes much to the effective flow of work through an office, and to the efficiency of the worker as well. - L.C. Walker, 1930 NO
- 15. [cubicles are] admirable for planners looking for ways of cramming in a maximum number of bodies, for "employees" (as against individuals), for "personnel," corporate zombies, the walking dead, the silent majority. - a critical Herman Miller Employee, 1970 NO
- 16. YES
- 18. OPUS: WORK OPIFEX (latin): ONE WHO DOES WORK FACERE: TO DO OFFIS (~1300): ONE WHO HOLDS OFFICE OFFICE (~1560): PLACE FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS COWORKING SPACE IN KIGALI, RWANDA (2012)
- 19. YES
- 20. Daylight Seratonin impact on the brain Natural light raises the neurotransmitter in the brain called serotonin, a chemical that has a large impact on mood, disposition and the ability to handle stress. YES
- 21. 18 YES
- 22. Indoor Plants In the Texas A&M study, participants working in an environment with plants present were 12% more productive and less stressed than those who worked in an environment without plants.YES
- 24. Chance favors the connected mind
- 25. Comework with us Facebook: Facebook.com/TheOfficeRW Twitter: @TheOfficeRW Website: www.TheOfficeRW.com
Editor's Notes
- #2: The great thing about this 2020 format is that, if you dont like what your speaker has to say, you know you can count the number of slides left until the speech is finished.
- #3: To support knowledge workers, Rwanda is creating a good business envrionemnt. As architects, what do you think about when I say a good business environment??
- #4: To support knowledge workers, Rwanda is creating a good business envrionemnt. As architects, what do you think about when I say a good business environment??
- #5: The Office is a place for conducting business but are offices always good environments for doing business?
- #6: Why is an economist standing here talking to us about architectureits because architecture is not just important for architects, its not simply a matter of aeshetics and structural integritythe buildings designed by architects are designed to be used by people!
- #7: What kind of office workers are we designing spaces for? Rwanda is focusing
- #10: To support knowledge workers, Rwanda is creating a good business envrionemnt. As architects, what do you think about when I say a good business environment??
- #11: To support knowledge workers, Rwanda is creating a good business envrionemnt. As architects, what do you think about when I say a good business environment??
- #12: Where do you have your best ideas?? Its an actual question!
- #15: Offices in the 20th century became factories for people Historically the white collar office reflected the mechanistic mind-set of the factory with work designed as a linear series of individual tasks.
- #16: Cubicle farms are the culmination of this
- #19: The Office is a place for conducting business but are offices always good environments for doing business?
- #25: Research shows that the size of a city is exponentially correlated with the amount of innovation (a city ten times larger than Kigali wouldnt just be 10 times more innovative, it would be 17 times more innovative.)