open plan

noun

a floor plan without fully enclosed spaces for distinct rooms.

Nearby words

open mind, open one's eyes, open one's heart to, open one's mouth, open order, open plan, open pneumothorax, open policy, open position, open primary, open prison

Compare closed plan.

Origin of open plan

First recorded in 1935–40

Related forms

o·pen-plan, adjective

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Examples from the Web for open-plan

Found that people who were sent from traditional offices to open-plan offices “were significantly less satisfied.”
P.J. on the Owl-Monkey Project and the Science of Chick Flicks|P. J. O’Rourke|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I remember him walking past my desk in the open-plan office a few weeks later, saying hi to everyone except me.
Randi Zuckerberg: How I Learned to Balance Business and Creativity|Randi Zuckerberg|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Studies show that open-plan offices make workers hostile, insecure and distracted,” Cain wrote.
Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine Explores Creativity for Capitalists|Casey Schwartz|March 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for open-plan

open-plan

adjective

having no or few dividing walls between areasan open-plan office floor

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