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Table 2 A few room types relating to work life and services for employees
Room types | SAOB/SO | First app. (non-resid) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
Rökrum (Smoking room) | 1807 | 1801 | The earliest non-residential example I have found is in C. F. Sundvall’s plan for the City Hall of Norrköping, 1801. Last appearance is in 1991 |
Tekök (Tea kitchen) | 1874 | 1885 | Small kitchen for making tea, especially common in hospitals. The first one I found is in F. G. A. Dahl’s children’s hospital in Stockholm, 1885. Last appearance is in 1969 |
Frukostrum (Breakfast room) | 1878 | 1886 | Common in schools, some workplaces and villas, but disappeared during the early 1960s (except for in hotels). The earliest non-residential example I have found is in P. E. Werming’s plans for the schools Norra Real and Södra Latin, Stockholm 1886 |
Vilrum (Resting room) | 1885 | 1926 | Note that in Swedish vilrum can also refer to a grave chamber or grave, and this meaning has an older use |
Lunchrum (Lunchroom) | 1918 | 1922 | The first lunchroom that I found is in G. Asplund’s Stockholm City Library, 1922. The related room type personalmatsal (staff canteen) can found at least from 1932 |
Personalrum (Staff room) | 1920 | 1915 | The first one can be found in A. Johansson’s new building for Danviken new hospital clinic, 1915 |
Kontorslandskap (Open-plan office) | 1964 | 1965 | First example I found is on B. Nyberg’s plan for the County Administrative Building in Malmö. 1965a |