A major part of the Workshop will be a comparative study of several 'New Ways of Working' projects. The objective is to address the question of whether innovation is either possible or desirable! The case studies should result in an expanded empirical base for analysis, comparison and more detailed study; a survey of building types, patterns of space use, interior design, design processes, change management as well as procurement and space management procedures; some data for measuring the success, and failures, of the projects; insights into the means by which organizations have used architectural projects to transform their culture; 'red lights' warning of dangers inherent in the transformation process; observations on the implications of new ways of working for the renewal of design and construction process.

We shall also have a number of experts who visit the workshop, sharing their experience on such matters as the new architecture and new products for the workplace, strategy of workplace making, the relation of workplace making to the real estate industry today, how to inquire into the relations among work, work practice and workplace.

The workshop will culminate in a seminar, November 28, discussing the cases, the insights, and an agenda for future research and teaching.