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Future Office: Inside-Out

In a time of change and transition, we ask ourselves what is the future of the work environment? In her keynote presentation, Valeria Segovia, Principal & Design Director at Gensler, linked the demands on office buildings with the challenges of sustainability. She began by explaining what office buildings need to make people want to work there. She emphasised the importance of values, community and the freedom to experiment, as well as the need to be prepared for change.

However, the reality of the built environment is very different (for now). Valeria Segovia estimates that 70 per cent of London’s office buildings are not fit for the future. At the same time, buildings are responsible for 39 per cent of global CO2 emissions. Much of this comes from the production of building materials, the construction process itself and subsequent disposal. The demolition and rebuilding of buildings must therefore be replaced by the revitalisation of buildings. Using examples from her work at Gensler, the experienced architect demonstrated that this is possible in most cases, and the excellent results that can be achieved with measures ranging from refreshing and revitalising to completely rethinking the structure and use of buildings. 

A summary of the inspiring lecture is available in the IBA Forum Newsroom.
The video shows an interview with the IBA Forum. It was conducted after the lecture.


Photo and video: © IBA

 

Impact

Life, Team and Impact – exploring the world of work together from three perspectives. For anyone who wants to be part of shaping the future.

Speakers Exhibitors Days Tracks

Team

The ‘team’ track explores how we can build communities to achieve goals together. Join our speakers and hosts on a journey towards a co-creative future.

Impact

The ‘impact’ track explores how we can increase our social impact and decrease our environmental impact. Join us in shaping a responsible and sustainable future.

Life

The ‘live’ track asks how we can improve people´s health and well-being. Together we will discuss one of the most important topics of our future working world.

Tracks

Sophie Kleber

Harnessing AI: How Intelligent Ambiences Can Boost Productivity and Wellbeing at Work

WW - Work Culture Festival 2024: Sophie Kleber, Photo: @IBA
Life Oct 22 14:00
David Hillmer

Workshop: Thinking with your hands – Understanding the future of work with Lego® Serious Play®

WW - Work Culture Festival, Lego® Serious Play®, Credit: David Hillmer
Team Oct 22 14:45
Susanne Brandherm, Sabine Krumrey

Lifestyle Office: The place-to-be in transition

WW - Work Culture Festival: Susanne Brandherm, Sabine Krumrey, © Patrick Lipke
Life Oct 22 11:30
Birgit Gebhardt, Clemens Wasner

Knowledge on Demand: How Will AI Change How (and Where) We Work?

WW - Work Culture Festival. Knowledge on demand. Birgit Gebhardt and Clemens Wasner, Photo with illustrations by Signorinah
Impact Oct 22 15:30
Maarten Jamin

The Future of Work is Shared: What’s Next for Co-working

Keynote Maarten Jamin, bs;bp, beim ersten WW - Work Culture Festival
Impact Oct 22 11:30
Daniela Heine, Andreas Stieglbauer

Public Administration: New Workplace Concepts on the Test Bench in Metropolitan Regions

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Die öffentliche Verwaltung, @ Drees & Sommer, © gradyreese – gettyimages | Drees & Sommer
Life Oct 22 10:45
H. Grempe, P. Bachmann, H. Steinbacher, Tobias Wilker

Developing the 2034 Office Concept: The Impact of AI and Technology

Developing the 2034 Office Concept @ WW - Work Culture Festival, © Laura Thiesbrummel, combine Consulting
Impact Oct 22 11:30
Thomas Breyer-Mayländer

Work Culture: Corporate Culture as a Success Factor in the Transformation Process

WW - Work Culture Festival. Transformation Processes. Photo: ©Pekic/iStock
Team Oct 22 14:45
Marie Stafford

Emotioneering the Workplace: How to Bring Joy, Magic and Wonder to the Office

WW - Work Culture Festival. Marie Stafford
Life Oct 22 15:30
T. Bisping, L. Kennedy, E. Eberhard, M. Jung

Employee retention: Between commitment and payment

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Impact Oct 22 14:00
Georgis Tesfamariam @ König + Neurath

‘New Spaces’ as Enablers on the Way to New Working Environments

© König + Neurath
Oct 22 13:30
Bernd Fels

From NewWork to NewRegion: New Ways to Organize Office Work

Bernd Fels @ WW - Work Culture Festival, © Bernd Fels
Impact Oct 22 14:00
Christian Beinke, Erkan Karakoç

Rethinking Workspaces: Strategic Advantages Due to Clever Interior Design

WW - Work Culture Festival: Speech Dark Horse, Photo: Dark Horse
Impact Oct 22 10:45
Georg Frech @ König + Neurath

Employer Attractiveness and Work Culture – Recognise, Evaluate and Develop!

© König + Neurath
Oct 22 15:30
Oliver Mack, Michael Zgoll

Future Workspace Technologies: What’s Next?

WW - Work Culture Festival: Future Workspace Technologies with Oliver Mack and Michael Zgoll
Impact Oct 22 14:00
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 22 10:00
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work. Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Bild: ©IBA
Oct 22 11:15
Bernd Hufnagl

Purposeful Thinking: How We Can Live and Work Better in a Digital World

Dr Bernd Hufnagl in the IBA Forum interview at the Work Culture Festival 2024, ©IBA
Impact Oct 22 10:45
Carolina Meseguer Girbés @ König + Neurath

Design for Tomorrow’s World of Work: Innovation Through Co-operation

© König + Neurath
Oct 22 11:00
Street Art Event (9:00 - 18:00)

REISS: Art meets Innovation

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: REISS: Art meets Innovation
Oct 22 12:30
Claude Dutson

Engineering Serendipity: Collaboration and Creativity in the Architecture of Silicon Valley

Claude Dutson - Work Culture Festival 2024, © IBA
Team Oct 22 10:45
VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Interstuhl - VR Experience
Oct 22 10:00
Sascha Lobo

Digitisation in the World of Work: Germany Needs an AI Boost

WW - Work Culture Festival: Sascha Lobo, ©IBA | Leading Minds
Impact Oct 22 11:30
Stephan Grünewald, Micheal Trautmann

Psychology of a Society Troubled by Uncertainty: The New Logic of Work

Impact Oct 22 14:45
Alexander Fehre

The Future Workplace: From Office to Living Space

WW - Work Culture Festival. Workplace of the Future by Alexander Fehre. Photo: IBA
Life Oct 22 14:45
Tobias Revell

Redefining Work: Five Stories from a Distant Future

WW - Work Culture Festival. Redefining Work: Five Scenarios for a Distant Future. Photo: IBA
Impact Oct 22 10:00
Andreas Loroch, Thorsten Heilig, Wolfram Sauer

Decision AI: How AI Is Changing the World of Work

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Decision AI mit Wolfram Sauer, Andreas Loroch und Thorsten Heilig, Photo: IBA
Impact Oct 23 10:45
I. Burroni, M. Führ, J. Knudsen, A.Tisch, V. Wessels

EU-Project R‑evolve: Furniture Goes Circular, Start of a 4‑Years Sectoral Approach

WW - Work Culture Festival: R-evolve, Credit: IBA
Impact Oct 23 11:30
Céline Flores Willers

Social Networks: The Power of Corporate Influencing & Personal Branding on LinkedIn

Céline Flores Willers @ Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival 2024
Life Oct 23 10:00
Stefan Carsten

The Immobile Society: How Metamobility Will Change Our Working Environments

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Stefan Carsten – Michael Trautmann
Life Oct 23 14:45
Axel Buether

Colour and Lighting Design: Impact on Wellbeing, Health and Work Motivation

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival 2024: Prof. Dr. Axel Buether
Impact Oct 23 15:30
Birgit Gebhardt, Axel Buether

Spatial Perception: Where the Physical Office Still Needs to Catch up in its Offerings

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Talk with Birgit Gebhardt and Prof Dr Axel Buether
Impact Oct 23 14:45
Teddy Tewelde, Fetsum Sebhat, Thorsten Giersch

Future Skills: What Changes are Needed in Both Education and Work to Help Shape the Future World

Wherever Whenever - Festival: Teddy Tewelde, Fetsum Sebhat - Future Skills
Impact Oct 23 15:30
K-U Schlegel, E Samaras, J A Brennig

Paths to Sustainability vs Greenwashing: Dos and Don’ts [Panel]

Wherever Whenever - Festival: TÜV Rheinland - Sustainability vs Greenwashing
Impact Oct 23 15:30
Nicolas Bogs, Matthias Pietzcker, Axel Schörner

Are Workplace Strategists the Better HR Specialists? Supporting the Transition to New Working Environments [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival: Workplace Strategists, Credit: Laura Thiesbrummel
Team Oct 23 10:00
R. Haubenreisser, T. Braun, M. Jung

Corporate Culture Crafting: Navigating between the well-proven and the future

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Team Oct 23 11:30
Robert Thiemann, Philip Schütte, Nino Basilashvili, Viviane Mörmann, Lars van Vianen

Design for Life: Office Rituals for Focus and Connection [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Design for Life. Photo: © IBA
Life Oct 23 15:30
Street Art Event (9:00 - 18:00)

REISS: Art meets Innovation

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: REISS: Art meets Innovation
Oct 23 11:45
Heiner Hans

Good Lighting in Modern Office Concepts: Individual – Flexible – Sustainable

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Heiner Hans
Impact Oct 23 14:00
Api Schönauer @ König + Neurath

Why we Are all Architects. What Leadership Can Learn from the Construction Site

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 23 11:00
Katharina Radermacher

(In)flexible Working Models: How HR Practices Can Compensate for the Disadvantages

WW - Work Culture Festival, Dr. Katharina Radermacher, Photo: © IBA
Team Oct 23 14:00
Martin Führ

Sustainability: Eco-design regulations and chemicals in products and process

Wherever Whenever - Festival: Prof Dr Martin Fuehr, image on basis of -strizh-/iStock
Impact Oct 23 14:45
Dennis Fischer @ König + Neurath

Stay cool! Step by step through the VUCA world

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 23 14:00
Mikkel Karstad

Food for Thought: What Should a Healthy Workforce Eat and Drink?

WW - Work Culture Festival: Mikkel Karstad, Photo: ©IBA
Life Oct 23 10:45
Corinna Döpkens

Anywhere Office: Working Models in Times of Future Work – a Holistic View

WW - Work Culture Festival: Workation, ©Corinna Döpkens
Life Oct 23 10:00
Viviane Mörmann

Art Works: Harnessing the Power of Art to Drive Organizational Change

Viviane Mörmann @ WW - Work Culture Festival
Team Oct 23 10:00
Marie Elaine Ludes, Sabrina Schaal

LevelUP: The Future of Collaboration at Provinzial

WW - Work Culture Festival, LevelUP, Credit: Drees & Sommer
Team Oct 23 10:45
Vo Trong Nghia

Meditation Mode: Why Architects Need to Heal Themselves to Heal the World

WW - Work Culture Festival: Vo Trong Nghia
Life Oct 23 14:00
A. Stieglbauer, J. Schmid, H. Schuster

From AI hype to reality! How AI-supported working methods and changing mindsets lead to greater profitability

WW - Work Culture Festival: Drees & Sommer panel - From KI hype to reality
Life Oct 23 14:00
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work. Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, © Iriée Zamblé
Oct 23 10:00
Walter Werzowa

Supported by Sound: Why Music Can Make the Workforce Thrive

WW - Work Culture Festival: Walter Werzowa
Life Oct 23 11:30
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 23 13:55
Smudo in dialogue with Thorsten Giersch

Disruption and New Energy: On Transformation in the World of Music and Sustainability in the Racing Industry

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Smudo in an interview with Thorsten Giersch
Life Oct 23 11:30
Carina Hölzer @ König + Neurath

From Style to Function: Designing People-centred Office Environments

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 23 15:30
Sabine Marcelis

The Shape of Things to Come: Why We Need Moments of Wonder

WW - Work Culture Festival 2024: Sabine Marcelis in conversation with Robert Thiemann
Life Oct 23 14:45
VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Interstuhl - VR Experience
Oct 23 12:45
Daniel Dettling

From New to Next Work: “It‘s the Culture, Stupid!”

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Daniel Dettling, Credit: Laurence Chaperon
Team Oct 23 10:45
Yaël Meier

Generation Z: Talking to the young instead of on them

WW - Work Culture Festival: Generation Z, Keynote: Yaël Meier, Photo: © IBA
Team Oct 24 14:45
Fabian Kienbaum, Michael Trautmann

Creating Instead of Administering: Courageous Leadership in the New World of Work

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Fabian Kienbaum | Michael Trautmann, © IBA
Team Oct 24 14:00
Birgit Gebhardt, Felix Dibelka

The Office as a Learning Space: New Work Always Means Reskilling

WW - Work Culture Festival 2024: Dr Felix Dibelka und Birgit Gebhardt, Photo: ©IBA
Team Oct 24 11:30
Karim Rashid @ Nowy Styl and Kusch+Co

Bound to relations feat. Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid @ ORGATEC 2024, © IBA
Oct 24 15:00
Volker Widdra, Alexandra Saisnith

70% Back to Office Quota: Voluntarily!

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Panel combine Consulting - Haspa, Foto: © IBA
Team Oct 24 10:00
Lara Milerski, Monika Lepel

Lessons Learned: GIZ Campus Bonn – A Dialogue Between Planning and Use [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival: GIZ Campus Bonn, © IBA
Team Oct 24 10:45
Valeria Segovia

Future Office: Inside-Out

Impact Oct 24 10:45
A. Strub, V. Hilgenstock, T.F. Schäfer

Flagship store office? Why it is important to make brands tangible both internally and externally

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Public Administration, @ IBA
Team Oct 24 14:00
Amelie Marie Fischer, Ann Sophie Lauterbach

The Workplace of Tomorrow: Participatory and Evidence-based Office Design

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Workplace of tomorrow
Team Oct 24 10:45
Uli Blum

The Power of Data: How AI Transforms Workplace Design

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Uli Blum
Impact Oct 24 14:45
Katrin Mercsanits, Michael Wiebelt

Corporate Development and Corporate Space: The Courage to Shape the Future Positively

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Unternehmensentwicklung und Unternehmensraum, Vortrag von M.O.O.CON, © IBA
Impact Oct 24 14:45
D. Winzer, S. Ayoub, D. Reicherts, M. Jung

Corporate box packing: Between New Ways of Working and Efficient Relocation Management

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival, Photo: © IBA
Impact Oct 24 11:30
Vaughn Tan

Embracing Uncertainty: Designing Teams and Businesses to do Innovation Work

WW - Work Culture Festival. Learning from Chefs. Photo: © IBA
Impact Oct 24 10:00
M. Mali, U. Blum, V. Segovia, V. Tan, R. Thiemann

Identity Crisis: Should the Office Accommodate Everybody? [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Identity Crisis. Photo: © IBA
Life Oct 24 11:30
Street Art Event (9:00 - 18:00)

REISS: Art meets Innovation

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: REISS: Art meets Innovation
Oct 24 14:00
Axinia Braunisch, Robert Polgar

Building the Collaboration of Tomorrow: Science in Transition

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Axinia Braunisch and Dr. Robert Polgar, Building the Collaboration of Tomorrow (Credit: Leibniz Gemeinschaft)
Team Oct 24 14:00
Yaël Meier, Oskar and Michael Trautmann

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER, Michael und Oskar Trautmann, Yaël Meier
Team Oct 24 15:30
W. Aisslinger, C. Bacchus, D. Kulen, J. Steere

Energizing the Workplace: Is Hospitality Key? [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Energizing the Workplace. Foto: © IBA
Team Oct 24 15:30
Frauke von Polier in dialogue with Michael Trautmann

Navigating Transformation: Exploring Purpose, HXM and Leadership as the Key Navigators [Dialogue]

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival 2024, Frauke von Polier and Michael Trautmann © IBA
Team Oct 24 10:45
Christian Nocke

Room Acoustics: Underestimated and Often Forgotten

Raumakustik - WW-Work Culture Festival - Dr. Christian Nocke, Photo: © IBA
Life Oct 24 14:45
Fabian Ulitzka @ König + Neurath

AI and Work Culture – Risk or Opportunity?

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 24 11:00
David Borst @ König + Neurath

How we will live and work in the future

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 24 14:00
Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

personalmagazin panel: New working environments for the work of tomorrow

WW-Work Culture Festival, Panel Personalmagazin, © IBA
Team Oct 24 14:00
Ralf Rangnick in dialogue Thorsten Giersch

Leadership and Team: Everyone Has to Take Responsibility [Dialogue]

WW - Work Culture Festival. In conversation: Ralf Rangnick
Team Oct 24 11:30
D. Kretz, N. Schneider @ König + Neurath

Create. Work. Space. – The way to the new world of work

and took away the audience's fear of the future.
Oct 24 15:30
Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

Offices for People: Successful Work Environments from the Perspective of HR and the Organisation

WW-Work Culture Festival, Drees & Sommer: Offices for people, Photo: © IBA
Life Oct 24 10:00
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work. Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, © IBA
Oct 24 11:45
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 24 10:00
Cawa Younosi

The Lack of Skilled Workers: The Hidden Opportunities for Employees, Companies and Society

WW - Work Culture Festival. Cawa Younosi in conversation with Wolfram Sauer. Photo: IBA
Team Oct 24 10:00
VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Interstuhl - VR Experience
Oct 24 13:00
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 25 10:00
VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Interstuhl - VR Experience
Oct 25 10:15
Nicola Bramkamp, Julia Wedlich, Berthold Pott

A Change of Perspective: Leadership and Leading in Complex Situations [Talk]

WW - Work Culture Festival - Berthold Pott, Julia Wedlich and Nicola Bramkamp, Photo: © IBA
Impact Oct 25 10:45
Patrica Podewin @ König + Neurath

Room in Room – Where do We Want to Work?

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 25 11:00
Sascha Lindner

No choice: Why all companies need to embrace change

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival. Keynote by Sascha Lindner. Photo © IBA
Impact Oct 25 10:00
Michael Trautmann

New Work: When Work Turns into Something that Empowers People

Work Culture Festival 2024: Michael Trautmann, Photo: © IBA
Team Oct 25 10:00
Wolfram Sauer, Ursula Hertewich, Peter Tauber

The Value of Work: The Courage to Break New Ground

WW-WorkCultureFestival: Wolfram Sauer, Ursula Hertewich, Peter Tauber
Impact Oct 25 11:30
Nicole Langosch, Michael Trautmann, Wolfram Sauer

A Change of Perspective: Leadership and Leading in Complex Situations [Talk]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Perspektivwechsel. Wolfram Sauer - Nicole Langosch - Michael Trautmann. Bild © IBA
Life Oct 25 10:45
Patrica Podewin @ König + Neurath

How to Make Green a Habit?

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 25 14:00
Eva Elisa Schneider, Nora Dietrich

Mental Health: What the Reality in Companies Looks Like and How We Can Change It for the Better

Dr. Eva Elisa Schneider and Nora Dietrich at WW-Work Culture Festival, Photos: © IBA
Life Oct 25 10:00
Remi Versteeg

The Future Workplace: From Functionality to Identity-Driven Design

WW - Work Culture Festival. The Future Workplace with Remi Versteeg. Foto: © IBA
Impact Oct 25 11:30
Peter Ippolito

The Future Workplace: From Designing Stuff to Designing Relations

WW - Work Culture Festival. Future Workplace. Peter Ippolito. Photo: © IBA
Team Oct 25 10:45
Eva Elisa Schneider, Nora Dietrich

Workshop: Let’s Talk About Mental Health: Experience Live How Mental Health (Doesn’t) Work

WW - Work Culture Festival. Nora Dietrich - Eva-Elisa Schneider - Workshop Mental Health. Photo: © IBA
Life Oct 25 10:45
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work. Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, © Koelnmesse
Oct 25 11:00
Sven Brookhuis

The Future Workplace: From Linear Space to Circular Service

WW - Work Culture Festival. Future Workplace. Sven Brookhuis. Photo: © IBA
Impact Oct 25 10:00
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