A Guideline for Designing a Space for Working from Home

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Author list: Chatuporn Poolkert; Rangsan Kiatpanont

Publisher: คณะบริหารธุรกิจ มหาวิทยาลัยหัวเฉียวเฉลิมพระเกียรติ

Publication year: 2024

Volume number: 16

Issue number: 1

Start page: 174

End page: 191

Number of pages: 18

ISSN: 3027-8945

eISSN: 3027-8945

URL: https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bahcuojs/article/view/261255

Languages: Thai (TH)

Abstract

         Working-from-home behavior tends to persist even though the pandemic situation has improved, and this new working behavior still has many obstacles. As a result, this research aims to explore those obstacles and workers’ expectations of their working area and to provide a guideline for designing working areas within a house to overcome those obstacles. Therefore, this research employs a qualitative approach by interviewing workers who have experience working from home and architects who have experience designing working areas for their customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results reveal the primary obstacles, including being distracted, unbalanced life, and uncomfortable working environments (i.e., inadequate illuminance, hot weather, higher expenses, unstable network connection). These obstacles cause workers to expect their working areas in seven dimensions. In addition, to deal with those obstacles and expectations, our design guideline suggests twelve steps grouped into four phases.

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