Theo van der Voordt

Biography

Dr. Theo J.M. van der Voordt (1950) is an associate professor in real estate management at the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology. He is also working as a senior researcher at the Center for People and Buildings. His research interests focus on briefing and Post-Occupancy Evaluations of the interaction between user preferences and behavior and characteristics of the built environment. He developed design guidelines for health care centers, childcare centers, facilities for mentally retarded people, combinations of housing and care for the elderly, and office buildings. A central issue in his work is the utility value of buildings. In the eighties and nineties he was strongly involved in research on space requirements for people with physical disabilities and crime prevention through environmental design. Nowadays his research focuses on costs and benefits of new workplace design, transformation of empty office buildings into dwellings, and health care facilities.

Education

• 1991 Ph.D. on Safety and the built environment
• 1975-1976 Courses in Statistics
• 1967-1974 Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Delft
• 1962-1967 St. Franciscus-college, Rotterdam (high school)

Experience

• 2000 - present Participant in the Center for People and Buildings
• 1997- present Delft University of Technology, Delft, Faculty of Architecture
• 1997 - present Department of Real Estate & Project Management
• 1990-1997 Department of Architecture
• 1984-1990 Research Institute of Urban Planning and Architecture (OSPA)
• 1975-1984 Center for Architectural Research (CA)
• 1974-1975 Adviesbureau Van Ruitenburg BV, Rotterdam (technical consultancy)

Teaching

• MSc-Student lab on Corporate Real Estate Management: coordinator and teacher, AR3R030, AR3R040
• MSc-Courses in Research Methodology: teacher, AR3R055
• Supervision of students in post-doctoral courses 

Research

Research field

• Utility value of buildings: user preferences, user satisfaction, human behavior in buildings, in general and with a focus on special items such as public safety and Design for All.
• Office innovation i.e. research into the relationship between organizational characteristics, working processes and accommodation.
• Transformation of empty (office) buildings into new functions (particularly housing)
• Briefing and Evaluation: theory and methodology.
• Post-Occupancy Evaluation of buildings such as office buildings, health care centers, day care centers for mentally impaired adults, facilities for housing and care of elderly people, and hospitals.
• Research methods and measurement tools such as a diagnostic tool to evaluate working environments.
• Adding value by real estate. 

Publications

Publicationlist Dr. Ir. D.J.M. (Theo) van der Voordt (METIS)
For a complete overview of publications (partly downloadable) see www.tudelft.nl/djmvandervoordt.
Papers and books in English

• Jensen, P.A., van der Voordt, T., Coenen, C. (eds) (2012), The Added Value of Facilities Management: Concepts, Findings and Perspectives. Lyngby, Denmark: Polyteknisk Forlag.
• Jensen, P.A., van der Voordt, Th., Coenen, C., von Felten, D., Lindholm, A., Balslev Nielsen, S., Riratanaphong, C. and Schmid, M. (2012), In Search for the Added Value of FM: What we know and what we need to learn. Facilities  Vol. 30 no. 5/6, 199-217.
• Voordt, Th.J.M., van der, Been, I. de, Maarleveld, M. (2012), Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Facilities Change. In: E. Finch (ed), Facilities Change Management. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 137-154.
• Voordt, D.J.M. van der, Ikiz-Koppejan, Y.M.D., and Gosselink, A. (2012), An Organization-centered Accommodation Choice Model. In: S. Mallory-Hill, W.F.E. Preiser and C. Watson (eds), Enhancing Building Performance. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Voordt, D.J.M., van der, Zwart, J. van der (2011), Value-Based design and management of Hospital Buildings. Conference paper MISBE, Management and Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment, Amsterdam, 20-23 June 2011.
• Bakker, I., van der Voordt, D.J.M. (2010), The influence of plants on productivity. A critical assessment of research findings and test methods. Facilities Vol. 28 no. 9/10, 416-439.
• Gorgievski, M.J., van der Voordt, Th. J.M., van Herpen, S.G.A., van Akkeren, S. (2010), After the fire. New ways of working in an academic setting. Facilities, Vol. 28 no. 3/4, 206-224.
• Zwart, J. van der, Voordt, Th. J.M. van der, en Jonge, H. de (2010), Private investments in hospitals: a comparison of three healthcare systems and possible implications for real estate strategies. Health Environments Research & Design Journal Vol. 3 no. 3, 70-86.
• Maarleveld, M., Volker, L., van der Voordt, T.J.M. (2009) Measuring employee satisfaction in new offices – the WODI toolkit, Journal of Facilities Management Vol. 7 nr. 3, 181-197.
• Voordt, D.J.M. van der (2009), Quality of design and usability: a Vitruvian twin. Ambiento Construido Vol. 9 nr. 2, 17-29.
• Bogers, T., Meel, J.J. van, and Voordt, D.J.M. van der (2008), Architects about briefing. Facilities Vol. 26 No. 3/4, 109-116.
• Vries, J.C. de, Jonge, H. de, & Voordt, Th.J.M. van der (2008), Impact of real estate interventions on organisational performance. Journal of Corporate Real Estate Vol. 10 no. 3, 208-223.
• Remøy, H.T. & Voordt, D.J.M. van der (2007), A new life: conversion of vacant office buildings into housing. Facilities (25) 3-4, 88-103.
• Voordt, D.J.M. van der; en Wegen, H.B.R. van (2005), Architecture in Use. An introduction to the programming, design and evaluation of buildings. Oxford: The Architectural Press.
• Mallory-Hill, Shauna, Theo JM van der Voordt, Anne van Dortmont (2005), Evaluation of innovative workplace design in the Netherlands. In: W.F.E. Preiser en J. C. Vischer (eds), Assessing Building Performance. Oxon, UK: Elsevier, pp 160-169 and 227-228.
• Volker, L., and D.J.M. van der Voordt (2005), An Integral Tool for the Diagnostic Evaluation of Non-Territorial Offices. In: B. Martens and A.G. Keul (eds), Designing Social Innovation. Planning, Building, Evaluating. Göttingen: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 241-250.
• Voordt, Theo JM van der (2004), Productivity and employee satisfaction in flexible offices. Journal of Corporate Real Estate Vol. 6 no.2, 133-148.
• Voordt, Theo JM van der (2004), Costs and benefits of flexible workspaces. Work in progress in The Netherlands. Facilities Vol. 22 no. 9/10, 240-246.
• Voordt, Theo van der, Juriaan van Meel, Froukje Smulders, Saskia Teurlings (2003), Corporate culture and design. Theoretical reflections on case-studies in the web design industry. Environments by Design Vol. 4 nr. 2, 23-43.
• Jong, T.M. de, D.J.M. van der Voordt (2002) (eds), Ways to study and research architectural, urban and technical design. Delft University Press, Delft.