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US20030131538A1
US20030131538A1 US10/276,995 US27699502A US2003131538A1 US 20030131538 A1 US20030131538 A1 US 20030131538A1 US 27699502 A US27699502 A US 27699502A US 2003131538 A1 US2003131538 A1 US 2003131538A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2/7407—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts
    • E04B2/7416—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with free upper edge, e.g. for use as office space dividers
    • E04B2/7433—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with free upper edge, e.g. for use as office space dividers with panels and support posts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/20—Furniture panels or like furniture elements
    • A47B96/205—Composite panels, comprising several elements joined together
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2002/7483—Details of furniture, e.g. tables or shelves, associated with the partitions

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  • the present invention relates to residence space forming equipment which is applicable to knowledge-intensive organizations and the like particularly advantageously.
  • Such an office system has been proposed as a system capable of constructing a totalized workspace based on “unification of modules” and “optionality” as mainstays with respect mainly to furniture so that functions of the workspace can be selected freely and that conversion of use of the workspace can be made as desired, on the assumption that there are diversified working styles in a center office.
  • the office system is constructed aiming principally at such functionality as to form an independent group work dedicated space, a personal work dedicated space or the like appropriately through the changing of the arrangement of furniture and the attaching or detaching of optional members with changing work style.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the foregoing problem.
  • One object of the present invention is to raise the efficiency of a knowledge-intensive organization markedly through a system configuration that realizes the provisions of diversified space functions on a use-by-use basis, semi-transparently screened spaces and seamless space layout, which serve as the mainstays in constructing an office system.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide residence space forming equipment capable of forming a residence space ensuring mobility in such a case.
  • the present invention provides residence space forming equipment for use in placing furniture other than a panel in a residence space partitioned with a panel, characterized in that: the panel has a facing part provided with functional sections having a function other than screening; and the furniture has a part having a face provided with functional sections similar to the functional sections of the panel.
  • the functional sections of the furniture can compensate for at least a part of the functional sections of the panel concealed with the furniture, whereby the furniture can be placed effectively without impairing the function of the panel.
  • the functional sections of the panel are configured to function by means of crossed pieces of a latticework or squares defined by the latticework, while the functional sections of the furniture configured to function by means of crossed pieces of a latticework or squares defined by the latticework.
  • Specific functions of the functional sections of the panel and the furniture include a function of leading wiring out and a function of engaging interior equipment.
  • the residence space forming equipment according to the present invention is for use in placing furniture other than a panel in a residence space partitioned with the panel and is of an arrangement such that the panel has a facing part provided with functional sections having a function other than screening, while the furniture has a part having a face provided with functional sections similar to the functional sections of the panel.
  • the functional sections of the furniture can compensate for at least a part of the functional sections of the panel concealed with the furniture, whereby the furniture can be placed effectively without impairing the function of the panel.
  • the effect of the present invention becomes remarkable particularly where the functional sections of the panel are dispersed to respective positions in a homogeneous portion of the panel, while the functional sections of the furniture dispersed to respective positions in a homogeneous portion of the face of the part of the furniture with a pitch equal to a pitch with which the functional sections of the panel are dispersed.
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual illustration showing a concept based on which one embodiment of the present invention is to be constructed.
  • FIG. 2 is an illustration showing a conventional construction corresponding to FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of a construction embodying the concept shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a construction developed as a more concrete design from the construction shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view corresponding to FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a panel used in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a residence space according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a residence space according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a function of the panel used in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing interior equipment secured to the panel used in the embodiment by engagement.
  • Residence space forming equipment is constructed to support a specialist team or knowledge work team, for example, a research and development team of a suggestion type, a designing team or the like.
  • work areas and shared areas are considered as areas to be formed.
  • work areas a 1 to a 6 are divided into two groups, which in turn are arranged adjacent to shared areas b 1 to b 3 , whereby the shared areas b 1 to b 3 can be utilized as a passageway for traffic between work areas a 1 to a 3 and work areas a 4 to a 6 .
  • areas a 2 and a 5 are provided as group work areas GW for working on a group basis, while areas a 1 , a 3 , a 4 and a 6 provided as personal work areas PW for working on an individual basis.
  • Shared areas b 1 and b 3 are interaction areas INT and shared area b 2 is a service area SV. These areas a 1 to a 6 and b 1 to b 3 allow direct traffic between adjacent shared areas, between adjacent work areas and between a shared area and a work area, which are situated adjacent to each other.
  • FIG. 2 shows a conventional system for comparison with the system shown in FIG. 1, wherein there is a dedicated passageway c 4 between work area c 1 and shared areas c 2 and c 3 (i.e., service area c 2 and communication area c 3 ).
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual illustration in which circles are shown as overlapping each other to mean that areas are vaguely continuous with each other
  • FIG. 3 is an illustration in which parting lines PL between areas are clearly shown to embody the concept of FIG. 1 to some extent.
  • shared areas b 1 and b 3 are interaction areas INT and shared area b 2 is a service area SV.
  • Work areas a 2 and a 5 are group work areas GW, while work areas a 1 , a 3 , a 4 and a 6 are personal work areas PW.
  • this design includes six work areas a 1 to a 6 and three shared areas b 1 to b 3 , the shared areas b 1 to b 3 being arranged serially, the work areas a 1 to a 3 and the work areas a 4 to a 6 being arranged serially on opposite sides of the shared areas b 1 to b 3 .
  • FIG. 3 clearly shows a conception of opening a parting line PL at a location where areas meet together and providing a gateway 3 at that location in order to allow traffic between adjacent shared areas, between adjacent work areas and between a shared area and a work area adjacent thereto as well as to realize an embodiment having areas vaguely continuous with each other.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show a more specific design developed from FIG. 3. Areas a 1 to a 6 and b 1 to b 3 are separated from each other by joining partition panels 1 and 1 x (movable partition walls) with each other, the partition panels being erected planar members. There is no dedicated passageway on the inner sides of partition panels lx delineating the outer extremity of these areas a 1 to a 6 and b 1 to b 3 , but dedicated passageways 2 are provided on the outer sides of all the partition panels 1 x.
  • the shared areas b 1 to b 3 are utilized as passageways because the shared areas b 1 to b 3 are centered as a traffic line for traffic between the work areas a 1 to a 3 and the work areas a 4 to a 6 or between the work areas and the outside to form a residence space of an excursion type which offers an increased number of chances of encounter and finding or of an arrangement which permits residence of workers, thereby inducing smooth communication between workers.
  • gateway 3 which allows direct traffic between one area and another area located adjacent or diagonal thereto.
  • This embodiment allows direct traffic with three areas at the maximum.
  • Such a gateway 3 is applicable to a maximum of four of the corners of an area demarcated rectangular. It is needless to say that there is no need to provide a gateway at a corner at which the provision of a gateway is unnecessary.
  • Each area is provided with gateway 3 at a corner for allowing direct traffic with other areas therethrough as described above because selectable areas are effectively arranged within a proper walking distance thereby making the traffic between areas smooth and rapid.
  • This arrangement facilitates meeting and parting of workers thereby realizing a layout of the “the right job in the right place” type for supporting selective moves depending on jobs and ensuring a chain of actions and the continuity of moves through a seamless environment between areas.
  • right-hand lengthwise line LVR and left-hand lengthwise line LVL which consist of areas arranged lengthwise and crosswise into a matrix pattern, form dedicated lines PL on each of which dedicated areas are grouped, while middle lengthwise line LVM forms a shared line GL on which shared areas are grouped.
  • upper crosswise line LHO and lower crosswise line LHU form work lines WL
  • middle crosswise line LHM forms non-work line NWL (including the right-hand and left-hand areas functioning as interaction areas and the middle area functioning as a service area).
  • these lines provide the office space with personal work areas (PW) a 1 , a 3 , a 4 and a 6 , group work areas (GW) a 2 and a 5 , interaction areas (INT) b 1 and b 3 , and service area (SV) b 2 .
  • PW personal work areas
  • GW group work areas
  • INT interaction areas
  • SV service area
  • Such a matrix layout is employed because the function of each area can be grasped easily and because efficient arrangement of elements can be made on a function-by-function basis when the infrastructure including equipment for electricity, gas, water system and the like is to be constructed. Further, such an arrangement permits the provision of a multiplicity of selectable areas within a proper walking region thereby realizing a layout of the the right job in the right place type for supporting selective move depending on jobs.
  • Each dedicated work area PW (area a 1 , a 3 , a 4 or a 6 in FIGS. 4 and 5, or area dl in FIG. 6) is constructed to have a total area of about 6 to 4 m 2 per seat, to accommodate about 5 to 8 persons therein, and to provide a place for intensive knowledge work.
  • the dedicated work area PW ensures a visitor space or the like when a non-repetitive work is to be done in this area only.
  • this team-dedicated area can be made to function as a group work area. In this area are placed work surfaces such as defined by desks and whiteboards and clearboards of personal sizes.
  • the work surfaces include work surfaces of different heights to accommodate to a plurality of parallel operations, so that the space can be utilized as efficiently as possible and that an environment allowing a plurality of operations to proceed at a time can be provided.
  • the shared work areas GW are each constructed to accommodate 5 to 8 persons at the maximum therein and to provide a place for discussion or meeting.
  • work surfaces such as of tables adapted for group work and whiteboards and clearboards of group sizes.
  • the work surfaces include work surfaces of different heights to the effect same as described above.
  • the interaction areas (areas b 1 and b 3 in FIGS. 4 and 5) each provide a place for chatting or relaxation as a break or a coffee bar for example at a location adjacent work areas.
  • These interaction areas b 1 , b 3 and g 1 each may be provided with work surfaces by installing tables or the like as the need arises.
  • the service area (area b 2 in FIGS. 4 and 5) is provided with furniture and equipment required for different services as a copy corner, mail corner, library and retrieval equipment.
  • the main importance is attached to personal work areas, while the supplemental importance attached to group work areas.
  • a larger weight is put on group work areas so that the proportion of the total area of group work areas GW and interaction areas INT becomes substantially equal to the proportion of the total area of personal work areas PW.
  • this embodiment is further provided with a guide member 4 at a location above each gateway 3 of a residence space enclosed with the partition panels 1 each comprising an erected planar member, the guide member 4 having at least one portion extending horizontally to interconnect panels 1 on opposite sides of the gateway 3 .
  • Such a guide member 4 is provided because the guide member 4 serves as a guidepost for persons present in the area or walking in the dedicated passageways to know the location of the gateway 3 of the residence space as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 thereby ensuring highly efficient and smooth operability for a work team or the like through a chain of actions and continuity of moves. Particularly where the erected planar surfaces continue with each other to form a long wall as shown in FIG. 8, such a long wall gives a monotonous impression and a sensation of pressure to people.
  • the guide member 4 brings about a change in design thereby overcoming such an inconvenience.
  • the guide member 4 is configured not only to serve as a guidepost but also to play the role of a connection member for connecting one panel 1 to another. Thus, such connection is capable of effectively prevent each panel 1 from being supported on one side only and aids in properly fixing the guide member 4 to panel 1 . Further, the guide member 4 can be utilized as a wiring path between panels 1 .
  • guide member 4 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 include guide member 4 of a 1 ⁇ 4 arc or loop shape used for gateway 3 defined between a pair of panels 1 positioned perpendicularly to each other, guide member 4 of a 1 ⁇ 2 arc or loop shape used for gateway 3 defined between a pair of panels 1 forming wall surfaces which are continuous and flush with each other, guide member 4 of a 1 ⁇ 2 arc or loop shape used for gateway 3 defined between three panels 1 assembled to form a “T”-shape, and guide member 4 of a loop shape used for gateway 3 defined between four panels 1 assembled to form a “+”-shape.
  • Such a guide member 4 of a loop shape or a partial loop shape is used because the shape thereof is novel and hence enhances the functions as a guidepost and as an accent effectively.
  • the guide member 4 of a loop or a partial loop shape has a function of fitting a portion thereof to even a panel 1 positioned in a vertical plane that does not extend through the center of an arc formed by the guide member 4 .
  • This function is shown as the relation between panel 1 y and guide member 4 y in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the guide member 4 may be supported with a pillar.
  • the guide member 4 imparted with such a function is capable of connecting panels positioned as somewhat deviated from their respective desired positions to appropriate portions of the loop, thereby providing a construction which has a higher degree of freedom as to the arrangement of panels and basically does not need a given module according to which the panels are arranged.
  • the partition panels 1 employed to partition the area in this embodiment are lattice panels as shown in FIG. 6.
  • these panels 1 each comprise a pair of latticework structures 11 that are positioned opposite to each other across a frame member 12 with a predetermined spacing S therebetween so that their respective crossed pieces 1 a are aligned with each other with an equal pitch and in a same phase, the latticework structures 11 in this position being coupled to each other via the frame member 12 . That is, the latticework structures 11 are fitted to the frame member so as to sandwich it therebetween.
  • each of the structures 11 is vertically divided into three portions, which, as a whole, form a single structure when fitted to the frame member 12 .
  • the material employed for forming the latticework structures 11 is a carbon fiber reinforced plastic for example.
  • the latticework of the panel 1 is symmetric with respect to both a vertical line and a transverse line.
  • the squares defined by the crossed pieces of the latticework of the panel are arranged with a widthwise pitch p 1 of about 100 mm and with a vertical pitch p 2 of about 25 mm for example.
  • Each crossed piece is in the form of a flat plate having a width T of about 4 mm and a depth D of about 20 mm. Of course, these dimensions may be established appropriately to meet the purpose or use.
  • the panel 1 is thus constructed for the purposes of: lightening the panel 1 for the ease of assembly and disassembly of the panel 1 without impairing the basic function of the panel 1 as a delimiting wall; improving the operating efficiency associated with assembly and disassembly of the panel 1 by allowing the operator to grip a portion of the latticework of the panel 1 in assembling or disassembling the panel 1 ; and allowing the panel 1 to be assembled properly without error.
  • the panel 1 is vertically divided into three portions for convenience of handling and for the intermediate portion to be removed to allow the panel 1 to be used in a different way.
  • panel 1 mainly constructed of such latticework structures 11 makes spaces separated by the panel 1 into such a mutual relation that the visibility of an object in one of the spaces through the panel 1 varies with varying view angle with respect to the erected surface of the panel 1 .
  • the visibility assumes the maximum when the panel 1 is viewed in a direction normal to the erected surface thereof, while when the panel 1 is viewed in a direction in the plane of the erected surface thereof, the visibility assumes the minimum.
  • the visibility varies between the maximum and the minimum with varying view angle (angle of inclination with respect to a line normal to the erected surface of the panel 1 ).
  • a condition is created which allows a person in a residence space adjacent a certain residence space or a person walking in the passageway beside the certain residence space to see the silhouetted internal condition of the space as shown in FIG. 7 or 8 , to know fragmentary contents of a talk, and to vaguely understand a context including the location of a group member and the kind of work being done with lapse of time.
  • the silhouetting function of the panel 1 is exercised because the pitches p 1 and p 2 of the latticework of the panel 1 are relatively small as described above. Of course, it is possible to know the location of a person and the contents of a work being done more clearly if attention is given to the periphery of the silhouette.
  • the subject embodiment in particular, is configured such that each area is enclosed with panels 1 on the four sides thereof to define a closed residence space, the internal condition of which can be necessarily grasped from the four sides by a person in an adjacent residence space, an adjacent passageway or the like, so that the image of the inside condition of the residence space is diffused toward the periphery at the highest efficiency.
  • the subject embodiment allows a person in a residence space to vaguely see the internal condition of a residence space situated adjacent to and beyond the residence space next to the residence space where the person is present though the silhouette is thinner, so that workers are able to catch the situation of the whole office extensively and hence to share the context, while their privacy is guaranteed to such an extent as to be needed for their personal works.
  • Each panel 1 has a space S inside its panel body and the space S can be utilized to accommodate wiring Ca therein as shown in FIG. 9. Since the structures 11 forming each panel 1 used in this embodiment are of latticework, the wiring can be led out in the direction normal to the panel body from any position in the homogeneous portion of the panel body through a square defined in the latticework.
  • the “panel body”, as used herein, is referred to as a part comprising at least a combination of the structures 11 and the frame member 12 . Accordingly, panel 1 can exercise a function as a service wall that can accommodate to the needs of workers easily and properly even when the position from which the wiring is led out varies differently to meet different uses.
  • panel 1 used in the subject embodiment comprises the pair of opposite structures 11 facing each other, the wiring can be led out from either or both of the obverse and reverse sides of panel 1 .
  • panel 1 of this configuration is effective particularly where residence spaces are formed on opposite sides of the panel 1 .
  • the crossed pieces of the latticework of the panel 1 are relatively small as described above, the crossed pieces of the latticework are expect to provide a blinding effect which conceals the inside wiring by silhouetting, thereby preventing the wiring from being seen unconcealedly.
  • an appropriate wiring path hole or a like hole is defined in a portion of the frame member or the like so that the respective wiring accommodating spaces of adjacent panels 1 , 1 becomes continuous with each other.
  • panel 1 thus constructed according to the subject embodiment defines a space behind the crossed pieces of each latticework structure, it is possible that interior equipment B is engaged with panel 1 at a position in a homogeneous portion of structure 11 through the crossed pieces by means of an appropriate fixture or the like.
  • Panel 1 of such a construction enhances the freedom of selection of engagement positions by far and hence is capable of exercising a function as a service wall which satisfies heterogeneous and on-demand requests of workers properly. Since the structures 11 making a pair face each other, the interior equipment B can engage a crossed piece 1 a on either or both of the obverse and reverse sides of panel 1 and mutual interference between fixtures and the like hooked on the obverse and reverse sides can effectively be avoided.
  • interior equipment B examples include interior equipment having a work surface such as a whiteboard, interior equipment having a display function such as a tagboard, bulletin board, display panel and sign, interior equipment having a storage function such as a cabinet, shelf, sorter and storage shelf, a receptacle box, and a switch. Where an auxiliary panel is disposed relative to panel 1 to form a T-shaped arrangement, the panel 1 itself serves as interior equipment B.
  • panel 1 allows interior equipment B to be engaged with or secured to the panel 1 at an appropriate position, the number of chances of presenting ideas or thinking processes at an informal stage as well as of displaying or presenting formally can be increased, which is helpful in stimulating and activating creative works.
  • the effect provided by the latticework structure is enhanced synergistically since wiring Ca can be led out through a square defined in the latticework.
  • furniture to be disposed in butting relation to the facing part of panel 1 e.g., storage furniture 10 shown in FIG. 10, such as a panel shelf or a cabinet
  • a latticework 10 a assuming the same phase as and having an equal pitch to latticework 1 a for engagement to be concealed by the furniture 10 when it is disposed in butting relation to the panel 1 .
  • the latticework 10 a of the furniture 10 exercises the engagement function instead of the latticework 1 a even when the latticework 1 a of the panel 1 is covered.
  • a compensating function may be any other function than the engagement function as long as the functional sections of the furniture are equivalent to those of the panel 1 .
  • Such an arrangement is effective particularly where the functional sections are dispersed over the entire face of panel 1 .
  • Partition panel 1 usually employs a standardized width of 900 mm, which is a divisor of the former if the panel 1 is compliant therewith, or a standardized width of 800 mm, which is a divisor of the latter if the panel 1 is compliant therewith.
  • the subject embodiment permits use of a combination of panel 1 compliant with a building module of a multiple of 900 mm and furniture articles compliant with different modules for human body and paper products.
  • each square defined in the latticework of panel 1 used in the subject embodiment is set to 100 mm as already described because this size accommodates to modules sized to multiples of 100 mm for many conventional partition panels and furniture articles. For this reason, even when a difference of a multiple of 100 mm in widthwise dimension is formed between joined panels and joined furniture articles, the other end of the joined furniture articles can always be positioned as conforming to a crossed piece of the latticework of panel 1 , with the result that incongruity resulting from a module difference is cancelled effectively.
  • Guide member 4 of a loop or partial loop shape may have a function of being fitted to a panel 1 positioned in any vertical plane radially extending through the center of an arc formed by the guide member 4 within the effective fitting range of the guide member 4 by any appropriate means. Such a configuration enables free selection of any desired fitting direction of panel 1 .
  • the visibility through the panel is rendered variable.
  • an arrangement is effective which is capable of driving crossed pieces of the latticework like a louver or which is capable of indirectly adjusting the visibility through the panel by varying the luminous intensity inside or outside a residence space.
  • the guide member is provided with a lighting instrument on the upper or lower side thereof.
  • the ceiling or the floor is illuminated as reflecting the guide member and, hence, the guide member becomes more effective as a guidepost.
  • the present invention which is of the arrangement applicable to offices or the like as described above, is capable of effectively realizing the provisions of diversified space functions on a use-by-use basis, semi-transparently screened spaces and a seamless space layout, thereby markedly raising the efficiency of a knowledge-intensive organization.

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