Re: Office with aquariums instead of cube walls?

[Dennis Fox]

Costly?: yes. Stupid?: not if the company has the money to do it. I
would much prefer being surrounded by aquaria to being surrounded by
gray fabric (as in my current job). Yes the workareas should be larger
for the employees, which would also get them away from tank lighting,
which is definitely needed ... then again tank lighting would be some of
the necessary task lighting, so overall room lighting might be reduced.

Anyway, I wish I could put even a small aquarium in my cube at work.

Have to admit that I am wondering whether the picture is real or
doctored ...

-Dennis

Buckaroo wrote:
> 1. The aquaria must be a real pain to service.
> 2. The workers have no space at all...much less than a cubicle. Must be
> marketing or stock brokers.
> 3. There is no direct lighting of the aquaria...they look dark (of course
> any lighting would distract the workers at that close range).
>
> This is about the most costly and stupid idea I have ever seen.
>
>
> "Sajjad Lateef" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Has anyone heard of an office which has aquariums
>>instead of cubicle walls? Do you know where it is
>>and the story behind the design.
>>
>>I've been searching on 'Net, but, come up with nothing
>>so far.
>>
>>A picture:
>>http://www.djramsey.com/tropfish/fishtable.jpg
>>
>>Please post responses here.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Sajjad
>
>
>

[Buckaroo]

If it is picture doctoring, they should get an award. All the tanks have
different interiors (although no fish are present that I can see), and have
reasonably correct transparency. Most of the CRT monitors are right in the
corners...but who knows?

"Dennis Fox" > wrote in message
...
> Costly?: yes. Stupid?: not if the company has the money to do it. I
> would much prefer being surrounded by aquaria to being surrounded by
> gray fabric (as in my current job). Yes the workareas should be larger
> for the employees, which would also get them away from tank lighting,
> which is definitely needed ... then again tank lighting would be some of
> the necessary task lighting, so overall room lighting might be reduced.
>
> Anyway, I wish I could put even a small aquarium in my cube at work.
>
> Have to admit that I am wondering whether the picture is real or
> doctored ...
>
> -Dennis
>
> Buckaroo wrote:
> > 1. The aquaria must be a real pain to service.
> > 2. The workers have no space at all...much less than a cubicle. Must
be
> > marketing or stock brokers.
> > 3. There is no direct lighting of the aquaria...they look dark (of
course
> > any lighting would distract the workers at that close range).
> >
> > This is about the most costly and stupid idea I have ever seen.
> >
> >
> > "Sajjad Lateef" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>Has anyone heard of an office which has aquariums
> >>instead of cubicle walls? Do you know where it is
> >>and the story behind the design.
> >>
> >>I've been searching on 'Net, but, come up with nothing
> >>so far.
> >>
> >>A picture:
> >>http://www.djramsey.com/tropfish/fishtable.jpg
> >>
> >>Please post responses here.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Sajjad
> >
> >
> >
>

[Kate]

"Sajjad Lateef" > wrote in message >...
> Has anyone heard of an office which has aquariums
> instead of cubicle walls? Do you know where it is
> and the story behind the design.
>
> I've been searching on 'Net, but, come up with nothing
> so far.
>
> A picture:
> http://www.djramsey.com/tropfish/fishtable.jpg

interesting. but I wouldn't call them "cubicles" while searching.
have you looked for "fishtable" or mailed the webmaster for clues?
search "divider", maybe?

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[Victor M. Martinez]

Dennis Fox > wrote:
>Costly?: yes. Stupid?: not if the company has the money to do it. I
>would much prefer being surrounded by aquaria to being surrounded by
>gray fabric (as in my current job). Yes the workareas should be larger

But I'd much rather have the privacy of my cube than the lack of privacy in
the picture.

--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

[Dinky]

"Sajjad Lateef" > wrote in message
...
>
> Has anyone heard of an office which has aquariums
> instead of cubicle walls? Do you know where it is
> and the story behind the design.
>
> I've been searching on 'Net, but, come up with nothing
> so far.
>
> A picture:
> http://www.djramsey.com/tropfish/fishtable.jpg
>
> Please post responses here.


http://www.mercuryinteractive.com/website/fw_transition.html

[kev]

On 22 Aug 2003, the world was enlightened by Dinky's opinion about...

> "Sajjad Lateef" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> Has anyone heard of an office which has aquariums
>> instead of cubicle walls? Do you know where it is
>> and the story behind the design.
>>
>> I've been searching on 'Net, but, come up with nothing
>> so far.
>>
>> A picture:
>> http://www.djramsey.com/tropfish/fishtable.jpg
>>
>> Please post responses here.
>
>
> http://www.mercuryinteractive.com/website/fw_transition.html
>
>

Here's the a different view of the office:

http://web.archive.org/web/20011217005018/www.freshwater.com/workspace.ht
m


kev

--
Civilization.

An organized system of alternatives to the stone age - CJCherryh

[Donald Kerns]

Victor M. Martinez wrote:

> But I'd much rather have the privacy of my cube than the lack of
> privacy in the picture.

"the privacy of my cube"

[troubled, but vaguely humored...]
Oh Lord, how our expectations have slipped...

Next they'll be feeding us pellets, telling us how much better they are
than normal food.

-D
--
"When you've lost your ability to laugh, you've lost your ability to
think straight." -To Inherit the Wind

[luminos]

That link doesn't work for me...no graphics.

"kev" > wrote in message
...
> On 22 Aug 2003, the world was enlightened by Dinky's opinion about...
>
> > "Sajjad Lateef" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>
> >> Has anyone heard of an office which has aquariums
> >> instead of cubicle walls? Do you know where it is
> >> and the story behind the design.
> >>
> >> I've been searching on 'Net, but, come up with nothing
> >> so far.
> >>
> >> A picture:
> >> http://www.djramsey.com/tropfish/fishtable.jpg
> >>
> >> Please post responses here.
> >
> >
> > http://www.mercuryinteractive.com/website/fw_transition.html
> >
> >
>
> Here's the a different view of the office:
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20011217005018/www.freshwater.com/workspace.ht
> m
>
>
> kev
>
> --
> Civilization.
>
> An organized system of alternatives to the stone age - CJCherryh

[zookeeper]

Sajjad Lateef wrote:
> Has anyone heard of an office which has aquariums
> instead of cubicle walls? Do you know where it is
> and the story behind the design.
>

http://www.graduatingengineer.com/articles/feature/09-28-01g.html

This was an interesting, but short, article.
--
Zk

[Michael]

> Well, someone had too much money to play with to make an inefficient
space.
> It is just awful.

It creates a really unique atmosphere.

> That board room is embarassing. More like a cheap Disneyland imitation.
I
> would not invest in this company.

I thought of disneyland too. As for investing, you don't have to because
Mercury Interactive bought them out.

[Sajjad Lateef]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:37:04 -0700, Kate wrote:

> interesting. but I wouldn't call them "cubicles" while searching.
> have you looked for "fishtable" or mailed the webmaster for clues?
> search "divider", maybe?

Yeah, I searched on google, google-images and on google-news archives.

But, I was pretty sure somebody here would know.

Thanks everybody.

Sajjad