Sasaki
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. On the fly, we can adjust assumptions around enrollment levels, faculty and staff ratios, development decisions, on campus capacity targets, and use rates to determine overall need. The tool incorporates existing institutional data and projects need according to nationally recognized methodologies. The model is fluid and flexible and can be modified in real time, which has proven useful in both advancing and facilitating decisions. These methodologies are shaped by our architectural practice, which gives us a unique insight into current standards, as well as evolving trends in space use affected by changes in teaching and learning. Program elements and quantities are tested for appropriate fit and use in the context of existing buildings and spaces.
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.
Conducting a suitability analysis helps to determine the optimal use of a building and capacity to support functions with varying degrees of intensity.
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.
Our right sizing assessments are geared toward optimizing institutions’ existing resources, and identify how well the instructional room supply aligns with section sizes.
We perform in-depth analyses of instructional space utilization as a key component of our space planning services, focusing on utilization and occupancy.
As a critical input to the space-planning process, we assist our clients in preparing databases of existing space use.
