有些空间很难成为场所。让我们以大型开放式办公室的“中性”空间为例，在这里，大面积的自由区域允许每个工作单元以最大的灵活性建立自己。尽管许多社会科学领域的专家做出了贡献，但事实证明，如果没有一个稳定的建筑秩序作为线索，就很难建造一个“家”。
1972年，赫尔曼·赫茨伯格在阿珀尔多伦设计了一个真正的替代方案，即比赫中心办公室。他通过安排许多适合指定工作和休闲场所的隐式划分，用一个结构化的空间来代替一个模糊的空间。他创造了一个空间层次，焦点，高低空间，阳台，这有助于区分一个地方和另一个地方。与使用者交谈就足以了解地方的身份和人类的身份是如何在这个地方交织在一起的。
Some spaces have great difficulty in becoming places. Let us take the example of the ‘neutral’ spaces of large open-plan offices where the large, free area claims to allow each working unit to establish itself with maximum flexibility. In spite of the contribution of numerous specialists in the area of social sciences, it has turned out to be difficult to build a ‘home’ in the absence of a structuring order of stable architectural cues.
Herman Hertzberger created a real alternative in 1972 with the Central Beheer offices at Apeldoorn. He substituted a structured space for a vague space by arranging numerous implicit divisions suited to designating possible places for work and leisure. He created a spatial hierarchy, focal points, high and low spaces, balconies, which contribute to the distinction between one place and another. It is sufficient to talk to the users to understand how the identity of place and the identity of human beings have become interwoven in this place.
《 Elements of Architecture：From form to place 》
