The Secret Life of Buildings Work (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary

The Secret Life of Buildings

Work (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary

Our workplace - from schools to offices and factories - should inspire us, motivate us and bring out the best of our abilities. But are these spaces doing just the opposite? Tom Dyckhoff makes some revelatory and shocking discoveries about...See moreOur workplace - from schools to offices and factories - should inspire us, motivate us and bring out the best of our abilities. But are these spaces doing just the opposite? Tom Dyckhoff makes some revelatory and shocking discoveries about how the buildings in which we spend our working life can physically change our brain, and shows why open-plan offices are bad spaces to work in. Armed with this new knowledge, Dyckhoff meets and challenges pre-eminent architects including Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid to re-evaluate their creations. He brings them face-to-face with the people who use their buildings every day. He even tries working in their buildings himself while taking part in an experiment to measure the impact on his brain. What do the results show about working in these spaces? Have we become so obsessed with iconic exteriors that we've stopped thinking about the people inside them? And is it possible to design a building that makes us feel happy while making us more productive too? Written by Anonymous See less

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Name	Known for
Tom Dyckhoff Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	The Art Show (2002)
Alvaro Campo Self - Front of House Manager Self - Front of House Manager See fewer	The Secret Life of Buildings (2011)
Jason Forbes Self - Architect Self - Architect See fewer	The Secret Life of Buildings (2011)
Christina Green Self Self See fewer	The Secret Life of Buildings (2011)
Zaha Hadid Self - Architect Self - Architect See fewer	Pet Shop Boys: Montage - The Nightlife Tour (2001)
Tim Holmes Self - Psychologist (as Dr Tim Holmes) Self - Psychologist (as Dr Tim Holmes) See fewer	The Secret Life of Buildings (2011)
Paul Keedwell Self - Psychiatrist, Cardiff University (as Dr Paul Keedwell) Self - Psychiatrist, Cardiff University (as Dr Paul Keedwell) See fewer	The Secret Life of Buildings (2011)
Michael Kohn Self - Architect Self - Architect See fewer	The Secret Life of Buildings (2011)
Karl Lagerfeld Self - Chanel Self - Chanel See fewer	The Valet (2006)
Jorge Prendas Self - Head of Education Self - Head of Education See fewer	O Barão (2011)
Richard Rogers Self - Architect Self - Architect See fewer	The Brits Who Built the Modern World (2014)
Alix Slater Self - Sociologist, University of East London (as Dr Alix Slater) Self - Sociologist, University of East London (as Dr Alix Slater) See fewer	The Secret Life of Buildings (2011)
Jack Bowman Annoying Office Worker (uncredited) Annoying Office Worker (uncredited) See fewer
Genevieve Sibayan Annoying office worker (uncredited) Annoying office worker (uncredited) See fewer	Love Tourettes (2011)
James Tweedy Annoying Office Worker (uncredited) Annoying Office Worker (uncredited) See fewer	Where Seagulls Cry a Song (2009)

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