As a critical input to the space-planning process, we assist our clients in preparing databases of existing space use.
Space Planning
We believe in optimizing existing resources fully before investing in new assets. Through use of our proprietary tools and integrative methodology, we support clients through a rigorous process of analysis, and communicate those findings in dynamic ways that reveal hidden connections and new insights. Our work links space planning, design, financial planning, and academic planning to create high-value solutions for our clients to advance mission and institutional goals.
We perform in-depth analyses of instructional space utilization as a key component of our space planning services, focusing on utilization and occupancy.
Our right sizing assessments are geared toward optimizing institutions’ existing resources, and identify how well the instructional room supply aligns with section sizes.
Space needs modeling allows us to generate an understanding of space need across various higher education space types, identifying space surpluses and deficits according to various enrollment levels and space planning assumptions.
Close collaboration between our campus planning, architecture, and interior design practices enables us to translate planning-level space estimates into detailed space programs as the basis for facility design.
Conducting a suitability analysis helps to determine the optimal use of a building and capacity to support functions with varying degrees of intensity.
The program accommodation strategy will factor in costs, enabling projects, and anticipated renovations and capital projects. The goal of this effort is to optimize and maximize the use of an institution’s existing space, provide flexibility, and support the institution’s strategic and academic goals.
Analyzing Smith's learning spaces to accommodate collaborative learning and a growing student interest in STEM
This best practices guide helps libraries throughout the nation delve into key considerations in evolving the contemporary library experience
Sasaki's customizable, web-based tool helps takes the guesswork out of returning to the workplace
Planning and design for the future of affordable healthcare in Mexico
Rethinking space allocation at a growing art and design institute
Assessing and optimizing space across an array of colleges to align visions in anticipation of a University-wide framework plan
A look at space planning initiatives that harness data to uncover solutions to complex challenges never before faced by college and university leaders
For a growing healthcare nonprofit bringing specialized care to people across Mexico, space planning offers new directions
Our space planning projects translate context-driven data into actionable strategies
To facilitate better understanding of data and insights among diverse stakeholders, we create intuitive data visualizations and story-telling platforms that are interactive and easy to understand
Supporting more informed dialogue around potential planning and design directions, we create detailed views into future scenarios through modeling building performance, growth projection, spatial planning implications, financial and scheduling trade-offs, and more.