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Social
Design: The Link Between Facility Design, Organization Design, and Corporate
Strategy
By
Langdon Morris
Description
In early 1999, Langdon Morris undertook a study of the design of R&D
facilities. After a thorough review of the literature and visits to 9
leading-edge R&D facilities, Morris prepared this landmark White Paper.
Among the key insights is the widespread belief in the importance of high
quality, face-to-face interactions between researchers. Thus, among the
9 facilities presented in this report, a total of more than 70 different
architectural design and organizational techniques were applied by many
of the leading design firms in the country. The report includes a description
of each facility as well as the complete inventory of techniques applied.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: The Productivity of Knowledge Work
2. Social Design
3. The Key Themes
4. Facility Descriptions
- Genentech South San Francisco Campus
- W.L. Gore & Associates Elkton Cluster
- Procter & Gamble Heath Care Research Center
- Chiron Corporation Life Science Center
- Glaxo Wellcome US R&D Headquarters
- Inhale Therapeutic Systems Headquarters
- Hewlett Packard RSI Team Space
- Alza Corporation Mountain View Campus
- Sun Microsystems Menlo Park Campus
5. Science and Social Design
6. Summary: Inventory of Ideas and Innovations
7. Appendices
Bibliography
About KMLab, Inc.
About the Author Acknowledgments
Notes
Excerpts
from Social Design
