Saturday, July 23, 2011, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM • National Harbor, Maryland (near DC)

Space Needs Planning: An Integrated Approach

Presented by: Lisa M. Keith, Associate Principal, Paulien & Associates, Inc; Franklin A. Markley, Senior Associate, Paulien & Associates, Inc

These presenters offered a great workshop last year, and it was well-reviewed. Now, they're back. Below, you can watch a video interview SCUP made with them right after the completion of their workshop at SCUP-45, in 2010.

Here is the abstract for this year's workshop, and a link to the SCUP–46 workshops page:

Saturday, July 23, 2011, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM

Space Needs Planning: An Integrated Approach

Presented by: Lisa M. Keith, Associate Principal, Paulien & Associates, Inc; Franklin A. Markley, Senior Associate, Paulien & Associates, Inc

Now, more than ever, understanding space usage and integrating space planning components with an institution's academic priorities is critical for continued success. Solid planning practices must capture what is happening outside of an institution through environmental scanning, as well as through strategic and academic planning processes. Space management policies and guidelines must change and adapt as institutions focus on changing technologies, new ways of learning, interdisciplinary and collaborative relationships, and expanded service models for student success.

This workshop will examine a variety of space planning topics, such as: identifying and interpreting key processes and data sources; discussing space utilization and management issues; reviewing guidelines by space type and their relevancy; and interpreting space needs' outcomes. Examples from community colleges to research universities will be used to illustrate space planning pitfalls and practices. Attendees will be presented with multiple planning scenarios using case studies and interactive group activities.

Cost: $295 USD (includes workbook, continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshments)

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify key steps and the institutional representatives that should be involved in the space planning process and how mission, vision, academic planning, and other pre-planning documents and studies should be integrated into the space planning process.
• Qualify, verify, and translate institutional data into meaningful information to establish a baseline for space planning, as well as projections for future space planning.
• This includes a review of the National Center for Educational Statistics' Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual (FICM) space use codes to document existing facility use and space management.
• Interpret and adjust space guidelines based on modern learning environments and pedagogy, institutional mission, program mix, student services, and other strategic characteristics.
• Translate the space analysis outcomes into meaningful strategies for master planning, building renovations, and new construction, as contained in a capital improvement plan.

TAGS: Space Management, Space Utilization, Space Assessment, Performance Measurement, FICM, NCES Facilities Inventory Classification Manual

She manages, assesses, and helps to distribute some 23 million square feet of classroom space, offices, meeting rooms, and laboratories on Penn State's 19 campuses. Now and then she grabs her digital camera, her keys to any room here on the flagship campus, and goes on a 'walkabout' to look at a space that might be underutilized or outdated. Department heads, protective of every closet and cranny, sometimes tremble to see her coming. Once, she says, a department took a room that had been stacked with chairs and garbage and arranged it to look lived-in, complete with nameplates of nonexistent people. The ruse didn't work.

The demand for interdisciplinary teaching and research suggests the need to understand how universities are undertaking and fostering interdisciplinarity. Through an examination of strategic and master plans at 21 research universities, this article explores how institutions plan and foster interdisciplinary engagement through the use of space on campus. The construction of such space acknowledges that the discrete functions of the university, frequently attributed to the disciplines and departments, are not generally conducive to interdisciplinary engagement. Physical space is a necessary component for successful interdisciplinary initiatives both functionally and symbolically.