VCUQ lecture on office design

The Interior Design department at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar in conjunction with German office furniture manufacturer Wilkhahn is presenting a lecture at 2pm tomorrow. Wilkhahn’s head of international communications, Burkhard Remmers will talk on ‘Office design for the knowledge economy, space for communication, living ergonomics and sustainability.’ The lecture is open to the public. “We have all been taught that sitting up straight is the correct and healthy way to sit,” stated Remmers while explaining that in reality this has nothing to do with health, but with the military-style, social conventions of the 19th century. “In the search for the “right” seating posture, new, even more distinctive and complex adjustment functions are being developed to adapt the chair like a corset to each body. But it is this very development that removes any stimuli and weakens the muscles because it makes the change of posture required more difficult. “It is probably one of the key reasons why back pain in the office is rising despite increasingly more ergonomic office chairs. In biological terms, any posture the body can adopt without causing pain is right and important in order to maintain joint functions and stimulate the variety of motion muscles are capable of,” he added. VCUQatar’s Interior Design Department chair Carolyn Freeman stated the topics of ergonomics and sustainability are vitally important in the work place today.

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