Tullahoma, Tennessee
1993

 
 

Workstations designed for the Information worker are another product.  Work stations currently are rarely designed to support both work at a computer and the use of other sources of information, such as printed material.  The goal of the Taylor workstation design is to produce a work station which systematically removes the blocks to the creative process, and the difficulty of moving between blocks of information found from different sources and different locations. 		 In our past explorations the tradition was to discover something and then formulate it into answers and solutions that could be widely transferred. But now we are on a journey of mutual and simultaneous explorations. There will be no more patrons, waiting or our return, just more and more explorers venturing our on their own. 
Margaret Wheatley, 1992 

In nature, there is variety, but traditional environments eliminate that variety and strive for uniformity.  In MG Taylor environments, there is variety and balance in all of the elements--in light, in sound, in materials, in the way users have to move around. Environments that inspire creativity accommodate the human need for variety--for safety and for adventure--in alternate spaces of prospect and refuge. 

In order for a building to be alive, its construction details must be unique and fitted to their individual circumstances as carefully as the larger parts.
Christopher Alexander, 1979
 This environment has been the scene of much breakthrough thinking, from how a military installation sees itself and its value to the community and the nation, to settlement of labor disputes, to development of community action plans.  It can support more than 100 participants in DesignShopTM events or shorter design sessions.  Rapid reconfiguration of the environment allows it to serve large and small groups simultaneously, and can provide quiet places for individual knowledge workers. 

This management center facility received an award from the Air Force for outstanding architectural design. 


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