>>I head the infrastructure and facilities division in my
>>organization. One of the things I am looking at currently is to develop a
>>whole new building (20+ stories) for our employees. We've embarked on the
>>Learning Organization journey for a few years now and think that we should
>>design our building to be an LO enabler. Do you have any ideas on how we can
>>do this ? Could you point to me to relevant sites or resources ? Are there
>>good model buildings out there ?
>
>What can we say about how to make physical space an "LO enabler"?
>
>Have you experienced a building or physical facility that helped? If so,
>please reply with a description and how it helped.
Good day to you orgalearners,
Man can only learn in liberty, so the physical environment has to provide
the conditions to experience the sense of liberty. These conditions can be
learned by studying the architecture of the human body and soul. These
insights can also be applied in architecture and will create humanfriendly
buildings that reflect the spritual grounds of mankind.
In Holland we have two award winning buildings that fit into the above
description.The headoffice of one of my clients, the Dutch ING bank is one
of those places that I really enjoy to visit and work in, again and again.
It is one of those almost unique mixtures of living science and living
arts. Around every corner there are different impressions that meet the
senses. I wont bother you with numbers, have a look yourself. If the
'anonymous inquirer' would like to visit one of these buildings or learn
more about it I can put him in contact with the right person. Just have
him email me in privat. The links below will guide the visitor through a
virtual tour through and around the buildings.
Dutch ING Bank: <http://tour.ing.nl/uk>
Dutch Gasdistribution Company <http://www.gasunie.nl/eng/f_home.htm>
Greetings
Winfried Deijmann
Mr. Winfried M. Deijmann - Deijmann & Partners - Zutphen - The Netherlands
Artists, Consultants and Facilitators for Organizational Learning,
Leadership and Action Learning Events
Het Zwanevlot 37. NL 7206 CB Zutphen, The Netherlands
<winfried@universal.nl>
Phone: +31-(0)575-522076
Fax: +31-(0)575-527310
Homepage: <http://come.to/dialoog> after May 1st 1999: <http://dialoog.net>
For information about our international workshops:
<http://www.universal.nl/users/winfried/workshopsuk.html>
"An educated mind is useless without a focussed will and dangerous without
a loving heart."
--winfried@universal.nl (W.M. Deijmann)
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