Research about quiet zones - including why it is important for people as well as ways to create quiet zones.

1. Quiet zones

2. Question # 1
Why do we need quiet zones?

3. A lack of sound privacy is the biggest frustration
for people who work in open office environments.
https://hbr.org/2015/03/stop-noise-from-ruining-your-open-office

4. A quiet zone can help improve student engagement.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/entering-quiet-zone-ryan-wheeler

5. https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-busier-you-are-the-more-you-need-quiet-time
Taking time for silence has several advantages. It can help to
 restore the nervous system,
 sustain energy, and
 condition our minds to be more adaptive and responsive.

6. Cultivating silence increase your chances of encountering
novel ideas and information and discerning
weak signals.
https://hbr.org/2017/03/bursting-the-ceo-bubble

7. Why do you need quiet zones?

8. Question # 2
What are ways to create
quiet zones?

9. Four techniques to reduce the sound level:
1. Use soft materials such as carpets.
2. Use soundproofing materials on walls.
3. Use acoustical ceiling titles.
4. Lower ceilings.
https://hbr.org/2015/03/stop-noise-from-ruining-your-open-office

10. Similar to a quiet car on a train, businesses can use an empty
office or unused conference room and turn it into a
“quiet room” that employees can go to when trying to focus on an
important task or project.
https://hbr.org/2015/03/stop-noise-from-ruining-your-open-office

11. Try to not track social media or events for x minutes / hours.
https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-busier-you-are-the-more-you-need-quiet-time

12. At university, students can work in their own rooms,
libraries, classrooms, and cafes.
Offices need to accommodate the same by offering spaces for
and allowing movement between.
http://www.constructiondive.com/news/the-future-of-work-how-office-design-is-changing/415840/

13. Another way to create private space is to create a signal that let
others know you’re concentrating and don’t want to
be disturbed.
A signal can be something as simple as wearing a set of headphones.
http://www.quietrev.com/5-ways-to-love-your-office/

14. A room divider is a possibility to create private space.
Examples of room dividers:
 A plant.
 A freestanding wall.
 A freestanding bookshelf.
 A coat hanger.
https://hbr.org/2015/03/stop-noise-from-ruining-your-open-office
http://www.quietrev.com/5-ways-to-love-your-office/

15. Take a silent afternoon in nature.
Immersion in nature can be the clearest option for improving
creative thinking capacities.
https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-busier-you-are-the-more-you-need-quiet-time

16. A view of nature makes workers less frustrated, more
patient, more productive, and physically healthier.
https://hbr.org/2015/03/stop-noise-from-ruining-your-open-office

17. When creating quiet spaces such as quiet rooms, phone booths etc. in
an open office environment, make sure that it is fast and easy
for people to use them.
http://www.fastcompany.com/3025567/how-to-fix-open-offices

18. What are other ways to create quiet zones?

19. Sources
http://www.constructiondive.com/news/the-future-of-work-how-office-design-is-changing/415840/
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/entering-quiet-zone-ryan-wheeler
http://www.fastcompany.com/3025567/how-to-fix-open-offices
https://hbr.org/2017/03/bursting-the-ceo-bubble
https://hbr.org/2015/03/stop-noise-from-ruining-your-open-office
https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-busier-you-are-the-more-you-need-quiet-time
http://www.quietrev.com/5-ways-to-love-your-office/