Collaborative Spaces at Work

Introduction

Collaborative spaces between current trends and future challenges

Fabrizio Montanari, Elisa Mattarelli, and Anna Chiara Scapolan

Introducing the notion of collaborative spaces

In the last decade, we have witnessed a proliferation of workspaces reflecting a culture of collaboration and openness. In line with the increasingly collaborative and sharing nature of the contemporary socio-economic context, both private and public actors invested relevant resources in designing and implementing physical spaces aimed at favoring the development of collaborative practices among individuals who hold different educational and professional backgrounds, but are co-located in the same physical premises (Bouncken & Reuschl, 2018; de Vaujany & ...