Utilization and Occupancy Analyses
We perform in-depth analyses of instructional space utilization as a key component of our space planning services, focusing on utilization and occupancy.
Data Development
As a critical input to the space-planning process, we assist our clients in preparing databases of existing space use. We do not take data at face value, but look at it in the context of our extensive experience in academic institutions, cleaning up institutional space-use information as needed for analytical purposes. With this data and existing building plans, we create “smart” databases that link room-use information to digital diagrams. These dynamic diagrams serve as a tool for analyzing and discussing space visually, and for understanding spatial adjacencies. The data can also be viewed and analyzed in spreadsheet form for quantitative analysis.
Related Voices
Right-Sizing and Optimizing Space Use
Our right sizing assessments are geared toward optimizing institutions’ existing resources, and identify how well the instructional room supply aligns with section sizes.
Space Needs Modeling
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.
Program Development
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.
Suitability
Conducting a suitability analysis helps to determine the optimal use of a building and capacity to support functions with varying degrees of intensity.
Development Strategy
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.
