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Future Center ‘The Shipyard’: Learning from Planning, Developing, Using and Refining a Creative Facility
Author(s) -
Van Der Lugt Remko,
Janssen Sebastiaan,
Kuperus Sjoukje,
De Lange Ernst
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
creativity and innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1467-8691
pISSN - 0963-1690
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2007.00418.x
Subject(s) - shipyard , variety (cybernetics) , center (category theory) , situated , refining (metallurgy) , engineering management , business , computer science , engineering , shipbuilding , artificial intelligence , history , archaeology , chemistry , crystallography
This article provides an in‐depth case description of a specific type of dedicated creative facility, Future Center ‘The Shipyard’ of the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration. The Shipyard is situated in a monumental building, in which a variety of rooms are set up to support a variety of creative and strategic thinking processes. The Future Center aims to stimulate inspiration, information and interaction, imagination, and innovation. This article describes the knowledge gained from the processes of developing, using and refining Future Center the Shipyard.