ABSTRACT Shared office spaces represent a challenge regarding thermal comfort. They have a diversity of occupants and expectations, and they require social interaction, which could imply restriction in adaptive actions, contrary to individual areas that usually allow total control. Hence, this paper aims to identify differences in thermal comfort criteria among individual and shared offices spaces by comparing adaptive opportunities and actions performed as well as thermal perception. Fieldwork was carried out in Chile in 18 office buildings, 9 in Concepcion (36°S), and 9 in Santiago (33°S). Thermal comfort surveys with simultaneous measurements of indoor environmental conditions were performed in each of these buildings during a single day in winter, spring and summer. The findings show variations in the criteria studied, which indicate that thermal requirements differ by spatial layout. Moreover, the results suggest that occupants of shared spaces have a wider comfort range; therefore, some kind of ‘adaptation by coexistence’ might be happening.

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共存适应：对比个人和共享办公空间的热舒适感

摘要 共享办公空间对热舒适性提出了挑战。他们有各种各样的居住者和期望，他们需要社交互动，这可能意味着适应性行为的限制，这与通常允许完全控制的个别区域相反。因此，本文旨在通过比较适应性机会和执行的行动以及热感知来确定个人和共享办公空间之间热舒适标准的差异。在智利的 18 座办公楼、9 座在康塞普西翁（南纬 36 度）和 9 座在圣地亚哥（南纬 33 度）进行了实地调查。在冬季、春季和夏季的一天内，对这些建筑物中的每一个进行热舒适度调查，同时测量室内环境条件。调查结果显示所研究的标准存在差异，这表明热需求因空间布局而异。此外，结果表明共享空间的居住者拥有更广泛的舒适范围；因此，某种“共存适应”可能正在发生。