Zone assignment system, zone assignment method, and recording medium

A zone assignment system that assigns one of a plurality of zones of a space to each of a plurality of users before the plurality of users start using the space, the zone assignment system comprising a processor configured to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining usage schedules of the plurality of users each indicating a date and time at which a user is scheduled to use the space and an intended use of the space by the user;
• assigning the user a zone, as an assigned zone, to use out of the plurality of zones, based on the usage schedules obtained;
• and
• outputting an assignment result indicating the assigned zone, wherein
• with regard to a target date and time at which to assign the zone, the operations comprise:
• assigning a first zone out of the plurality of zones to a first user, among the plurality of users, who has a usage schedule indicating a date and time overlapping the target date and time at which to assign the zone and indicating a first intended use as the intended use and
• assigning a second zone out of the plurality of zones to a second user, among the plurality of users, who has a usage schedule indicating a date and time overlapping the target date and time at which to assign the zone and indicating, as the intended use, a second intended use different from the first intended use, the second zone being a zone not adjacent to the first zone,
• when a total number of first users assigned the first zone reaches a capacity of the first zone, a third zone is assigned to one or more third users included in the first users, the third zone being one of the plurality of zones and being adjacent to the first zone,
• the first intended use includes an intended use of individual work, and the second intended use includes an intended use of group work, and
• the operations further comprise transmitting a control signal to an environment control device provided in the assigned zone to control a spatial environment of the assigned zone based on the assignment result, the environment control device including at least one of a lighting device, a ventilating device, or an air-conditioning device, wherein at least one of the lighting device, the ventilating device, or the air-conditioning device is operated based on the control signal.