This issue takes a holistic look at what we mean by high-performance design, exploring impactful approaches to targeting, measuring and realizing more beneficial outcomes through design.
Designing Collections Through Computational Workflows
Reinhardt Swart and Chris Wood describe our proprietary workflow enabling design teams to visualize museum and archive storage needs in real time, test scenarios quickly, anticipate collections growth, and streamline vendor coordination.
Designing the Workplace for True Flexibility
What happens if we think of our workplaces as living ecosystems? Senior Workplace Strategist Kerri McShea shows how systems-thinking can foster adaptability and enhanced performance in office design.
From STEM to STEAM: How Interdisciplinary Design Drives Student Success
Architect Arturo R. del Amo shares how higher education institutions can explore the physical implications of STEM and STEAM curriculum on their campus, applying new approaches that promote interdisciplinary collaboration, visible learning and community building.
Health Equity by Design: Putting Design Justice into Practice
Health Planner Taft Cleveland draws on the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the design of a transformative community and health center named in King’s honor to map out a justice-centered process for improving community health outcomes.
The Structural Path to Zero
Director of Structural Engineering Andrea Reynolds shares three impactful strategies for reducing embodied carbon during a project’s early design stages, paving the way towards net-zero emissions.
The Healthcare Adaptability Gap: Why Good Design Isn't Enough
In healthcare facilities, strong outcomes can mask the cost of outmoded, inefficient environments that don't fit how care has evolved. Andrew Brumbach and Caterina Hutchinson examine what it means to design for performance rather than assume it, and what that gap is actually costing.
ADDITIONAL VIEWS AND VIEWPOINTS
America ByDESIGN™: Virginia Tech Academic Building One
Take a video tour of this award-winning building with Design Director Sven Shockey and host Andrés Lamos to see how its high-performance design advances sustainability, supports students, empowers faculty and sparks impactful collaboration.
Designing for Social Connection in Longevity Living®
Michal Russo and Bonita Cook share how post-occupancy survey statements gathered at a senior living community improve our understanding of how design helps create social connection.
Heat Health: A Pre- and 5-year Post-Occupancy Thermal Case Study
Get an overview of Keenan Gibbons’ internationally recognized urban heat research that the ASLA says is “revolutionizing a new approach to measuring heat at the experiential scale.”
Bridging the Assessment Gap
Tech expert Laura Babinski shares a customized digital workflow for facility assessments that delivers clear, consistent and useful insight that large-portfolio owners can confidently act on.
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