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Well-Being in Higher Education

Raising Literacy and Advancing the Conversation

By: Promila Rastogi, Stanford University School of Medicine | Julianne Nola, University of California, Davis | Demont Oliver, San Francisco State University | Lilian Asperin, WRNS Studio

Discover how to help students develop holistic and long-term healthy lifestyles by creating a culture of well-being in a collegiate environment informed by a myriad of social, economic, academic, and personal pressures. This session will cover how design can affect students physically and psychologically and how health centers can engage the campus community and encourage positive behaviors. This session was part of the “Well-being in Higher Education: Raising Literacy and Advancing the Conversation”—a series of free, virtual events with the goal to raise the literacy for well-being among higher education professionals and to advance conversation among colleagues on and across campuses.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Health and Wellness, Learning Environments, Student Experience

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Responsive Design

Planning Living Spaces for Neurodiverse Students

By: James A. Baumann, ACUHO-I | Shannon Dowling, AIA, Ayers Saint Gross | Mary Elliott, EdD, Colorado School of Mines

We invite you to join a discussion on how schools can thrive by taking this inclusive approach to planning and development.

Abstract: With increasing numbers of neurodivergent students on college campuses, intentional design and planning of spaces can better accommodate their needs and improve the experience for all students. We invite you to join a discussion on how schools can thrive by taking this inclusive approach to planning and development.

Institutions Mentioned: Colorado School of Mines
Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Student Housing

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FLIPP: A Tool to Align Campus Stakeholders for Space Planning

By: Lisa Stephens, University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Senior Strategist for Academic Innovation for SUNY’s Office of the Provost | Aurora Velasco, Instructional Technology Services at San Diego State University

Join us as we discuss how the FLIPP: FLEXspace Integrated Planning Pathway may help serve your needs with academic facilities planning, while building cooperative trust among campus advisors.

Abstract: Shared governance is a long tradition that well serves the academy, even as opportunity cost casts a long shadow over constrained budgets supporting built infrastructure. Over the past decade, two freely available tools: the Learning Space Rating System (LSRS) and the Flexible Learning Environments eXchange (FLEXspace) have successfully combined into an integrated planning pathway to help align the complexities of faculty, designers and AV/IT professional perspectives when considering facilities investment. This planning pathway was built in collaboration with professionals over time from many campuses, including the University at Buffalo and San Diego State University where portions of the process were integrated into a holistic solution to assist with learning environment ideation and planning.

Join us as we discuss how the FLIPP: FLEXspace Integrated Planning Pathway may help serve your needs with academic facilities planning, while building cooperative trust among campus advisors.

Institutions Mentioned: University at Buffalo, San Diego State University
Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Academic Facility, Engaging Stakeholders, Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Learning Environments

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Building. Mission. Culture.

Infusing Social Impact and DEI into ALL Planning Projects

This presentation will provide insight and offer practical solutions for making DEI and social impact foundational and integrated into every building and planning project.

Abstract: Higher education institutions realize DEI and social impact are no longer optional elements but imperatives to remain relevant. Amidst this renewed awakening around inclusion and social impact, many planning and design leaders still seek a deeper understanding of how design can directly impact these outcomes.

This presentation will provide insight and offer practical solutions for making DEI and social impact foundational and integrated into every building and planning project. It will offer clear strategies and real-world examples that empower attendees to activate more holistic campus planning efforts and more intentionally align social impact and DEI to institutional strategic and capital plans.

Planning Types: Campus Planning, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Planning
Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Facilities Design, Facilities Planning

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A Community College Perspective on Their Role in Future-Proofing Education

By: James Pfeiffer, BNIM | Richard Fort, Johnson County Community College

Richard Fort from Johnson County Community College and James Pfeiffer from BNIM will share lessons learned from post-covid educational offerings and incorporating a diversity of spatial and programmatic options to facilitate workforce development.

Abstract: Workforce development is a driver for planning and design in community colleges using metrics to understand long term projections around enrollment needs in the region, planning for those metrics, and building for the future. With the cost of education skyrocketing, the demographic cliff needs to be addressed for all generations. Community colleges offer important lessons that inform educational offerings across a more diverse background.

Institutions Mentioned: Johnson County Community College
Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Academic Facility, Community College, COVID-19, Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Workforce Development

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Facilities Planning for Community Colleges

Practicing Equity for Educational Inclusion & Belonging

By: Amara H. Pérez, PhD | Brodie Bain, NAC|Architecture | Saumya Kini, Walker Macy | Rebecca Ocken, Portland Community College

The planning team for Portland Community College will discuss lessons learned while practicing equity to create an inclusive Facilities Plan for Oregon’s largest higher education institution on thresholds of global, local, and institutional shifts.

Abstract: The planning team for Portland Community College will discuss lessons learned while practicing equity to create an inclusive Facilities Plan for Oregon’s largest higher education institution on thresholds of global, local, and institutional shifts. Portland Community College, a multi-campus institution constantly navigating academic, workforce, and social change, offers critical and timely lessons for effective and inclusive integrated planning. Attendees will be encouraged to consider relationships between educational equity, campus planning, and institution-wide shifts. They will feel empowered to balance uncertainty, flexibility, and specificity in planning equitable futures.

Institutions Mentioned: Portland Community College
Planning Types: Campus Planning, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Planning
Tags: Alignment, Community College, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Higher Ed Trends, Learning Environments, Racial Equity, Student Engagement

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Published
February 7, 2022

A Wellness Masterplan

Re-thinking the Campus Plan Through A Wellness Lens

By: Kent Spreckelmeyer, University of Kansas | Dave Broz, Gensler

Imagine the impact we could have if wellness was the first point of consideration in decision making and planning.

Abstract: What if we looked at campus master planning from a wellness-first perspective? We'll discuss how centering student, faculty, and staff wellbeing can create a more engaging campus experience for all. From using wellness key performance indicators (KPIs) to designing for telehealth, minor shifts can make major changes in the health and wellbeing of the campus community.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Campus Master Planning, Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Health and Wellness

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Published
January 19, 2021

Unleashing the Power of Difference

Creating Neuro-Inclusive Learning Spaces

By: Jennifer Carpenter, Verona Carpenter Architects | Irina Verona, Verona Carpenter Architects | Marie-Christine Potvin, Thomas Jefferson University | Monique Chabot, Thomas Jefferson University | Josh Humbel, SCUP

We live in a neurodiverse world. Spaces that support sensory needs can allow a wider range of students to flourish, creating a more equitable—and more flexible—environment. Leaders from Thomas Jefferson University and Verona Carpenter Architects will share examples across typologies of innovative solutions, unleashing the generative power of difference.

Abstract: We live in a neurodiverse world. Students, whether or not they have formal diagnoses, learn in different ways, and the converging crises of our day demand new paradigms of inclusion across the campus. Spaces that support sensory needs can allow a wider range of students to flourish, creating a more equitable—and more flexible—environment.

Leaders from Thomas Jefferson University and Verona Carpenter Architects will share examples across typologies of innovative solutions, unleashing the generative power of difference. Use the examples and discussion points to create a healthier, more attractive space on campus for all learning types.

Institutions Mentioned: Thomas Jefferson University
Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: COVID-19, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Learning Environments, Underserved Students

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Published
December 16, 2020

Passive House Design and Residence Halls

The Perfect Pairing

By: Katie Donahue, Handel Architects | Deborah Moelis, Handel Architects | Jennifer Adams Peffer, University of Toronto-Scarborough

The session will discuss the basics of Passive House (PH) design, how it can both save energy and improve the quality of the interior environment. The presenters will illustrate how Passive House design has been incorporated from both a design and administrative standpoint at the new residence hall at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Abstract: Discover how Passive House design was incorporated into the design of UTSC’s 750-bed residence hall and dining facility; helping the University to meet its sustainability and health & wellness goals. Embracing this high-performance design protocol for student residences of any size will align three goals for any campus: sustainability, student health, and bottom-line financial performance.

Institutions Mentioned: University of Toronto-Scarborough
Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Canada, Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Energy Infrastructure, Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Student Housing, Sustainability (Environmental)

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Published
November 18, 2020

Mitigating Stress

What Neuroscience Teaches Us About Work and Collaboration

By: Ryan J. Mullenix, NBBJ | Megha Parekh Sinha, NBBJ

Backed by neuroscience research from the NBBJ Fellowship Program with New York Times best-selling author Dr. John Medina—an initiative by the global design and planning firm NBBJ—this session presents research and ideas to create more uplifting experiences at work and how to mitigate stress for frontline workers, both immense challenges in light of an ongoing pandemic and the associated economic uncertainty.

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a major disruption and yet a distinct opportunity to reimagine a better way to live. Backed by neuroscience research from the NBBJ Fellowship Program with New York Times best-selling author Dr. John Medina—an initiative by the global design and planning firm NBBJ—this session presents research and ideas to create more uplifting experiences at work and how to mitigate stress for frontline workers, both immense challenges in light of an ongoing pandemic and the associated economic uncertainty.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: COVID-19, Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Health and Wellness, Learning Environments

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