Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Designing-in Privacy and Reducing Distractions
Humans, individually and in groups, need access to private spaces from time to time – and that includes when they’re at work. Our fundamental need for privacy is not the same as the one we have to be distraction free when we need to concentrate on a particular task. In truly private situations, we know no one can see or hear us, and we also can’t see or hear others. This control over our existence and ability to think without interruption gives our minds the freedom to wander a bit and to make sense of what’s happening in our lives. Without these self-scheduled “sense-making” sessions we get tense, our mental performance starts to degrade and we become grumpy and unpleasant to be around. We determine when we, or a group we’re part of, need privacy or use of private spaces that can’t be scheduled in advance. Our need for privacy …
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