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Planning for Higher Education Journal

A Campus for the Evolving Technologies

 Technology will change how campuses are designed and used.
Webinar Recordings

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

 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.
Conference Recordings

A Research-Based Approach to Designing Higher Education Academic Spaces

 This session will explore the new Academic and Residential Complex at the University of Illinois at Chicago to demonstrate the important role that research played in shaping its design.
Conference Presentations

A Survival Guide to Planning and Executing Phased Renovations
Conference Presentations

Bringing Industry, Education, and Non-Profits Together

 In this session, we will discuss the Construction Education Center, a state-of-the-art facility at Metropolitan Community College’s Fort Omaha campus, that facilitates project-based learning to bring industry partners, non-profits, and students together under a common vision.
Example Plans

Build the Future

 Campus master plan document for a STEM-focused institution, deeply aligned with its strategic plan.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Campus Renewal

 Through a holistic approach emphasizing selective revitalization and limited new construction, Laurentian University transformed its facilities to significantly enhance the student experience.
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Creating a New Campus Destination

 The project offers preservation, building revitalization, and adaptive reuse as an alternative model for sustainable campus growth.
Conference Presentations

Culture and Collaboration

 This session is about the challenges and opportunities associated with designing the Beijing home for a newly established international fellowship program – Schwarzman Scholars – at Tsinghua University.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Does Space Matter?

 Developing an understanding of the lived student experience in relation to physical space is critical in order for designers to create spaces that work for the mobile, fast-paced, and multifaceted lives of university students.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Enhancing the Student Experience in the Sciences

 Science education and science student retention are improved by transforming an underutilized campus space into an Academic Support Center that colocates critical undergraduate academic services.
Conference Presentations

From Stymied to STEM Lab

 We will share lessons learned from Purdue University's college master plan and STEM building that you can use to clarify thinking, focus need, build a case for a new project, and set the stage for future growth.
Example Plans

Highland Campus Master Plan

 Master plan for a community college system’s newest campus, including the relocation of several programs.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Integrated Project Planning in a Construction Management Environment

 When the whole team knows the “why” behind the planning and design process, the result is a better “what.”
Planning for Higher Education Journal

It Takes a (Virtual) Village

 This large community college successfully embraced virtual communication platforms and moved forward with a viable 10-year plan during a global health crisis, economic turbulence, and technological change.
Conference Presentations

One Campus. Two Institutions. Three Libraries.

 Discuss the evolution of three libraries built in three separate centuries on the Bronx Community College of The City University of New York campus.
Conference Presentations

P3@UIC

 A case study of an academic and residential complex at University of Illinois-Chicago, and plans for future multi-use center.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Phased Transformations of Academic Buildings

 When you’re renovating a campus building, you’re contending with dust, noise, vibration, the risk of budget overruns, relocating occupants, extended timelines, and more. Following best practices of experienced planners can help you to mitigate the most common challenges.
Conference Presentations

Reassessing the Elements of an Inclusive Campus

 Join us for a workshop that will help you reimagine your own campus's academic environments through empathy, adopting different perspectives, and identifying elements of inclusion and exclusion.
Conference Recordings

Reinvigorating a Campus Landmark

 Beginning with the project's conception and taking you through its planning, design, and construction, we will outline our investigation, historic research, and analysis of Harvard University's Stirling-designed postmodern museum to inform its transformation into a vibrant academic building housing a variety of programs.
Conference Presentations

Rethinking Academic Workspaces

 Learn from three university panelists how to accurately assess needs, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement post-pandemic solutions for hybrid work environments on your campus.
Conference Presentations

Rethinking the Faculty Office

 This review of faculty workspace innovations across our region's institutions will challenge conventional thinking about how faculty space should be allocated within departments.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Super-Sizing Active Learning

 Campuses are familiar with small spaces outfitted with active learning design, but what could be added to a large space—such as a lecture hall for freshman pre-requisite courses—to keep students engaged in the instruction?
Conference Recordings

Supporting the Whole Student

 In this session, we’ll share how the College of Marin and Chabot College's integrated learning centers are serving changing student populations using an inclusive library design approach.
Conference Presentations

Swarthmore College

 Swarthmore College’s leadership shares insight into how the college’s newest addition, Maxine Frank Singer ‘72 Hall, decided to create a collaborative environment by combining three academic departments—Biology, Engineering, and Psychology.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

The Library as Learning Commons

 Even in the digital age, the library plays a fundamental role in campus life and learning, particularly when it’s updated to meet the needs of 21st-century students and pedagogies.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

The Transdisciplinary Atelier

 Transdisciplinarity requires us to engage and co-depend on each other, and the Transdisciplinary Atelier responds by providing the space and time needed for evolving cross-boundary projects.