Students will gain an understanding that during meetings and workshops, it is good to explore possibilities and options with the design but ultimately these designs should be checked against the reality of the site. Physical limitations, technological limitations, and even limitations with the utility supplies are realities which projects often face.
Students will gain an understanding of the role of the Lead Designer, what they are responsible for and when they should be engaged.
Students will gain an understanding how the lead designer will engage and manage sub-consultants to come up with a good design. Engaging the sub-consultants early on in the design process is ideal so that their advice can be considered early on as well.
Students will gain an understanding of the meetings and workshops that aim to build the foundational data and analyses needed to properly design the office. These meetings and workshops involve not just the users, but also the designers and consultants.
Students will gain an understanding that the project design program serves as a reference document for the design group which they will use to design the office. Data on what spaces to include in the design, sizes of the spaces, and number of users per space are some of the data that the design group needs which can be found in the project design program.
Students will gain an understanding that there are general guidelines to consider when designing offices and workspaces. This course will also discuss design requirements and restrictions that are specific to locations such as building codes and zoning laws, and how they can be specific to industry such as laboratory and workshop safety design standards.