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Image:聽宅男视频 Dola Oluteye (centre) receiving award at the WRF conference 24th October from Sonia Valdivia, WRF (left) and Christian Ludwig, WRF (right).聽

At the World Resource Forum conference in Geneva CASE sponsored PhD student Dola Oluteye presented her work on 鈥楬otel Lobbies as Workplaces for the Modern Worker鈥�. The conference on the theme of 鈥楳aking Natural Resource Governance Fit for the 21st Century鈥� had over 300 delegates from over 50 countries attend. She won the 鈥楤est Scientific Presentation 鈥� Resource Efficiency鈥� Award, one of five presentation awards given at the conference.聽

As set out in the conference abstract, her presentation discussed that 鈥淗otel lobbies in London are transforming into work environments, joining a growing number of web listings that account for workspaces in the United Kingdom (UK)鈥�.聽

Her presentation covered the study which聽speculates that 鈥渋ncreasing digitalisation of modern work and changing worker demography contribute to shifts in workplace preferences鈥� and goes on to suggest that incremental innovations in hotel lobby space models; are part of a re-conceptualising of existing normative workplace designs and a re-purposing of redundant, under-utilised and obsolete, built spaces into functional spaces that support economic activities associated with modern work.

About Dola鈥檚 PhD

Motivated by the United Kingdom (UK)鈥檚 vision for the built environment to contribute in various ways to achieving a future low carbon, resource-efficient, modern and globally competitive economy and the recent target to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, Dola offers an alternative and unique approach to how sustainability can apply to how built spaces are consumed (used).聽

Starting on the premise that UK鈥檚 existing non-domestic buildings account for over 80% of the total stock, the paper suggests that focussing on the use existing stock presents the most substantial area of opportunity for effecting real change. As such, Dola outlined her case study findings of how the increasing adoption of hotel lobbies by a younger creative workforce demography suggests that 鈥渟patial fixity no longer characterises the modern workplace and workforce鈥�. The paper adopts the 鈥榓ccess-based consumption鈥� model to frame how the current modern work practices can inform strategies for reimagining and reconceptualising existing commercial buildings through the lenses of 鈥榬esource efficiency鈥�. Uber (transport sector) and Airbnb (residential property sector) exemplify the application of these models.

Dola鈥檚 work is sponsored through an EPSRC CASE studentship with industrial sponsorship through KSBC.聽
Dola is supervised by Peter McLennan, Bartlett School of Planning and Bartlett Real Estate Institute and Prof. Ben Croxford, UCL Institute of Environmental Design of Engineering.聽

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• For more information about 宅男视频 PhD opportunities contact Peter McLennan听辞谤 Prof. Ben Croxford.
• UCL - The Bartlett