This quotation is from Rhett Livengood, an Intel employee who participated in an office experiment where he gave up his cube to work in an area of unassigned tables and private rooms for confidential discussions. Cited in an article titled "Out of the Box -- Valley companies dump the cubicle in push for efficiency, teamwork" (12/3/07) from the San Jose Mercury News, this article and accompanying photos definitely prompt exploration of the question:
What are we learning about the impact of the Wallenberg Hall learning environment on group collaboration in face-to-face and distributed project-based courses? What are the implications for industry and the "future of the workplace"?
These privacy rooms at Cisco look similar to Wallenberg box cars (Link to photo, Gary Reyes, Mercury News)