Digging Deep: The Effect of Design on the Social Behavior and Attitudes of People Working in Underground Workplaces in Europe

Vinita Venugopal; Gunnar D. Jenssen; Adam C. Roberts; Kian Woon Kwok; Zheng Tan; George I. Christopoulos; Chee Kiong Soh

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96068-5_85

Digging Deep: The Effect of Design on the Social Behavior and Attitudes of People Working in Underground Workplaces in Europe

Vinita Venugopal, Gunnar D. Jenssen, Adam C. Roberts, Kian Woon Kwok, Zheng Tan, George I. Christopoulos, Chee Kiong Soh

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Abstract

With the cities of the world grappling with the ever-increasing challenge of land scarcity, sustainable solutions such as Underground Workplaces (UW) have been getting renewed interest. However, considering the hefty investments that will go into building UW and since the success of this solution relies on the wellbeing of the people who are to occupy it, there is a need to examine existing UW from a human factor point of view. In this paper, we present an analysis of how design factors in UW affect the attitudes and social behavior of employees and how these perceptions and attitudes towards the workplace vary across different work types. According to our analysis organic elements, art, architecture and lighting affect social behavior and attitudes. These factors can be manipulated according to the type of work and environment in a way that is in line with company values. The paper also attempts to create a framework for how the significance of the work environment varies with the type of work and workplaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume VIII
Subtitle of host publication	Ergonomics and Human Factors in Manufacturing, Agriculture, Building and Construction, Sustainable Development and Mining
Editors	Sebastiano Bagnara, Yushi Fujita, Riccardo Tartaglia, Sara Albolino, Thomas Alexander
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	791-802
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783319960678
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96068-5_85
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018 - Florence, Italy Duration: 26 Aug 2018 → 30 Aug 2018

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	825
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	26/08/18 → 30/08/18

Keywords

Type of workplace
Underground offices
Underground work environment
Work environment
Work type
Workplace design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
General Computer Science

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Venugopal, V., Jenssen, G. D., Roberts, A. C., Kwok, K. W., Tan, Z., Christopoulos, G. I., & Soh, C. K. (2019). Digging Deep: The Effect of Design on the Social Behavior and Attitudes of People Working in Underground Workplaces in Europe. In S. Bagnara, Y. Fujita, R. Tartaglia, S. Albolino, & T. Alexander (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume VIII: Ergonomics and Human Factors in Manufacturing, Agriculture, Building and Construction, Sustainable Development and Mining (pp. 791-802). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 825). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96068-5_85

Venugopal, Vinita ; Jenssen, Gunnar D. ; Roberts, Adam C. et al. / Digging Deep : The Effect of Design on the Social Behavior and Attitudes of People Working in Underground Workplaces in Europe. Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume VIII: Ergonomics and Human Factors in Manufacturing, Agriculture, Building and Construction, Sustainable Development and Mining. editor / Sebastiano Bagnara ; Yushi Fujita ; Riccardo Tartaglia ; Sara Albolino ; Thomas Alexander. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 791-802 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Venugopal V, Jenssen GD, Roberts AC, Kwok KW, Tan Z, Christopoulos GI et al. Digging Deep: The Effect of Design on the Social Behavior and Attitudes of People Working in Underground Workplaces in Europe. In Bagnara S, Fujita Y, Tartaglia R, Albolino S, Alexander T, editors, Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume VIII: Ergonomics and Human Factors in Manufacturing, Agriculture, Building and Construction, Sustainable Development and Mining. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 791-802. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96068-5_85

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