Space Use
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Inclusion of Engineering Alters the Space Model for Interdisciplinary Research Facilities
9-21-2016The expansion of interdisciplinary research to include an engineering component is changing the space model for academic institutions. Science facilities had already broken new ground when they blended various branches of life and physical sciences together under one roof.
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Making a 100 Percent Open Office Environment Work for 1,000 Employees
9-14-2016The North American headquarters for EF Education First, located in the former industrial North Point area of Cambridge, serves as a modern case study of an open office workspace.
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Hospital Expansion Inspires Workplace Redesign and Cultural Change
8-31-2016When the administrators at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) realized their space needs were growing faster than their existing buildings could accommodate, they did something unconventional: They approached the problem as a research project.
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s New Space Allocation System
8-24-2016With a portfolio of 23 research buildings ranging from 30,000 gsf to almost 800,000 gsf, the research portfolio of the University of Texas MD Anderson Center in Houston covers nearly 4.5 million gsf.
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Penn Renovation Yields Class A Laboratory Space for Half the Cost of New Construction
8-17-2016Retrofit or renovate? It’s a common question facing many owners of laboratory facilities built in the 1970s, and the answer isn’t always obvious.
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Transforming Organizational Culture through Building Design
8-10-2016Leading-edge interdisciplinary facilities like the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) at Rutgers University, as well as facilities in Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., are transforming academic research culture through the use of open building designs that foster cross-disci
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Tufts Pioneers New Concept in Allocation and Collaborative Use of Lab Space
8-3-2016Tufts Institute for Innovation (TII), a health sciences research institute, strives to revolutionize scientific inquiry with a new model for research that will reimagine laboratory practice and accelerate human health breakthroughs.
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Data-Based Space Allocation at Stony Brook University School of Medicine
7-13-2016Space allocation can be a political minefield, but Stony Brook University School of Medicine (SBM) is changing that paradigm.
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Transforming Structure and Culture of Medical Education
6-29-2016The University of Saskatchewan has renovated and modernized its health sciences education and research facilities to accommodate shared operations, space, and technology, using change management strategies to help faculty, staff, and students move from silos to a team-based model.
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Johnson & Johnson Redefines Global Workspace to Optimize Well-Being, Teamwork, and Asset Utilization
6-8-2016After successfully launching FLEXplace—a dynamic initiative to increase employee well-being and business productivity—Johnson & Johnson further refined its activity-based planning approach and rebranded it as the “Workplace Innovation Program.” The revised program further establishes design a
