Scan of a 1970s article describing the construction of one of the earliest IBM computer-centric, purpose-built campus. Amazing to read the breathless, radical descriptions of what is recognizable, even at 30 years' distance, as a humble cube-farm.
There were apparent contradictions in some of the expressed requirements and preferences:
* a desire for individual offices, and also a need to accomodate open planning
* a desire for individually customized work spaces, an also a need for aggregate work areas and flexibility for future change;
* a requirement for closely grouped work areas near central services, also a desire for a sense of small scale and identity;
* a need to provide major centralized services fro 2000 people, and also a strong desire for an informal, noninstitutional setting.
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(Thanks, Eli the Bearded!)
