Designing a Healthier Office
It’s become clear that there are numerous ways to create a healthier office. Now, Medibank, Australia’s largest private health insurer has built what might be the world’s healthiest office building. Designed on the principles of a health-based working environment, filled with plants, where employees are encouraged to move continually through the day, the building offers 26...
By TH!NK by IBI
Date
April 29, 2016
It’s become clear that there are numerous ways to create a healthier office. Now, Medibank, Australia’s largest private health insurer has built what might be the world’s healthiest office building. Designed on the principles of a health-based working environment, filled with plants, where employees are encouraged to move continually through the day, the building offers 26 different work settings to suit the changing needs of its users. The approach is paying dividends too. Absenteeism is down and productivity is up. The healthy office, a smarter way to work?
*Image by Earl Carter, Peter Bennetts
