office building
Let an agent explain office building types and features, support finding, leasing and fitting out offices in general terms, describe design, workplace and energy standards, and identify specific buildings with sources.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Use Finding and using offices.
Lease
Leasing and fit-out.
Lease
Leasing.
- What should be considered when leasing or fitting out office space, in general terms? action
- Is the user seeking legal advice on a lease, which needs a professional? boundary
Specific
A specific building.
Specific
Specific building.
- What is this office building, who designed and occupies it, and what is its history, according to sources? provenance
- Which entry fits it? action
Design Designing offices.
Layout
Layout and workplace design.
Layout
Layout.
- How are office buildings planned for workspace, daylight, acoustics and flexibility, according to design guidance? provenance
- What does research say about open-plan versus enclosed offices, with positions attributed? boundary
Services
Services and energy.
Services
Services.
- Which building services and energy standards apply, and how is performance certified? provenance
- How are older buildings retrofitted? provenance
Rules Safety and workplace rules.
Safety
Fire and safety.
Safety
Safety.
- Which fire safety, evacuation and accessibility requirements apply to office buildings here? provenance
- Is there an emergency now? boundary
Workplace
Workplace health.
Workplace
Workplace.
- Which workplace health rules on air, light, temperature and ergonomics apply? provenance
- How can problems be reported? provenance
Context History and trends.
History
History of office buildings.
History
History.
- How did office buildings develop, from guild houses and Kontorhaus buildings to skyscrapers? provenance
- Which are architecturally notable? provenance
Trends
Trends.
Trends
Trends.
- How are remote work and conversion to housing changing office buildings, according to data? provenance
- Which policies respond? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Longworth House Office Building, law office, rectorate, Weather Forecast Office, Kontorhaus, guild house, multi-tenant, shared-amenity office building, administrative building, post office building, newspaper building, harbor office, administration building
What it is Filled
A building designed or used mainly for administrative and professional work, from single law offices and guild houses to multi-storey commercial office blocks, government office buildings, university rectorates and specialised offices such as weather forecast offices; office buildings are planned for workspace, services, access and energy performance and are regulated by building and workplace codes.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain office building types and features, support finding, leasing and fitting out offices in general terms, describe design, workplace and energy standards, and identify specific buildings with sources.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Workspace use
- Multi-tenant or single-occupier
- Services-intensive
- Code-regulated
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Lock or disable fire exits, alarms or sprinklers.
- Grant building access to people not authorized by the operator.
- Monitor workers through building systems beyond what law and workplace rules allow.
- Change structural or fire-safety features without approval.
Only with a human decision
- Evacuation decisions and changes to access control.
May
- Manage heating, lighting and access systems the building operator has authorized.
- Report faults, energy use and safety issues to the facilities team.
Moral aspects Filled
- Workers spend much of their lives in offices, so air, light and safety matter to health.
- Building systems can enable intrusive surveillance of staff.
Who is affected
- Workers and visitors
- Cleaning and security staff
- Neighbours
Owners Filled
Steward
The building owner, with the occupier or facilities manager.
Master systems
- Land registry or cadastre
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q41176 - registry parent class
related
- building - category
- worker - office workers
- air conditioning - building services
- structural system - construction
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.office-building
- Wikidata: Q1021645 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1021645)
Direct properties required Filled
- Gross floor area: m2 - Measure the total floor area using a stated convention for walls, service spaces and shared areas.
- Building height: m - Measure vertically from a stated ground reference to the specified roof or highest structural point.
- Floor load capacity: kN/m2 - Determine allowable distributed loading from structural records or an engineering assessment for each relevant floor.
Recognition required Filled
- Used mainly for office work
- Commercial, governmental or institutional
- A factory or shop serves different functions
- Buildings with floors of workspaces, meeting rooms, lobbies and services.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain types and features
- support leasing and fit-out questions
- describe design and workplace standards
- identify specific buildings
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Poor indoor air quality
- Fire and evacuation problems
- Vacancy and obsolescence
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Building codes and fire safety
- Workplace health and safety regulations
- Energy performance and accessibility standards
Context of use required Filled
- Buildings for administrative work.
- commercial office blocks
- government and legislative office buildings
- professional offices such as law offices
- institutional offices such as rectorates
- historical office types such as Kontorhaus and guild houses
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1021645: office building - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Office building - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each notable building be a separate entry?
- How should property registers be linked?
- How should workplace standards be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1021645/spec.json