| Monday, April 3, 2017
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| School Design Follows Curriculum |
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Terry Mills, Greenville County Schools
James Benton, Greenville County Schools
In an effort to improve existing facilities and designing new schools to meet focused curriculum needs, Greenville County Schools successfully incorporated flexibility and adaptability in an exciting new STEM/STEAM school design. The design process focused on being more inclusive of the "end users" needs. The impact of district initiatives resulted in a campus that generated both career and college ready students.
Domains: Learning, Process
Disciplines: Learning, Planning, Architecture
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss recruiting a "steering committee" early in the schematic design phase. Include input from the end user to more clearly define the intended use of space, and refine the design of both new and repurposed spaces to better fulfill the anticipated needs of the faculty and staff.
- Explore how understanding the curriculum and educational models being used help drive the design of the facility.
- Discuss the impacts of STEM/STEAM focused curriculums, and how the future workforce needs of industry shape the educational environment.
- Discuss how maintaining a practical, flexible floorplan allows the facility to adapt to new teaching models as they arise over the life cycle of the structure.
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| Creating Connection: Unifying Architectural and Civil Engineering Design |
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Brian Crutchfield, Timmons Group
Discussion will focus on the collaborative opportunities inherent in the design process that enable building architecture and site design to positively influence each other. Attendees will observe critical
Site constraints, site element programming and connectivity, both physically and aesthetically, using site elements to expand a sense of place beyond the confines of the structure.
Domain: Context, Process, Parameters, Toolbox
Disciplines: Planning, Architecture, Engineering, Sustainability
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the core principles of site design that add value to the architectural design process.
- Determine existing site conditions and constraints, both physical and regulatory.
- Discover how to effectively program site elements, including parking, service areas, storm water management and outdoor spaces.
- Identify tactical ways to collaboratively work with your site designer to develop architecture that expands beyond the confines of a building.
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| Classroom Clashers: Designing a Student Centered Classroom |
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Dr. Christina Counts, Charleston County Schools
Larry Metsch, Artcobell
Jana Turner, Artcobell
Want to learn how to completely transform your dull teacher centered classroom into a stunning student centered space? This session will offer inspiration and how-to advice for updating the design of your classrooms to support personalized learning. We will dig into various types of furniture and room layouts that increase collaboration, flexibility and innovation. And if a project has you stumped, you can pose a question to the crew. Participants will be actively engaged in a personalized learning station rotation simulation while learning how to bring the makeover magic to their schools!
Domains: Learning
Disciplines: Learning, Interiors
Learning Objectives:
- Engage in a personalized learning station rotation simulation while exploring and identifying various characteristics of innovative learning environments that support personalized learning.
- Design and reimage an ideal PL classroom.
- Learn strategies to obtain new furniture or repurpose existing furniture that supports student centered learning.
- Collaborate and network with professionals across the various fields of education related to learning environments.
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| Raising, Training and Retaining Our 21st Century Workforce |
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Sean Tracy, AIA, ALEP, BRPH
Barry Sallas, AIA, LEED AP, BRPH
Like so many well intended terms, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) have become "buzzwords" that are terribly overused while remaining fairly undefined. What does it really mean? How can it help the students, and what impact will it have on our communities? Over the next several decades, advanced manufacturing techniques will continue to profoundly change the work environment throughout the United States and throughout the world, leaving the unskilled workforce even less employable than they already are. The ability of companies to have a source of highly skilled technical labor will be a determining factor in whether they remain where they are, invest in educating and training the people that they need, or relocate. A STEM/STEAM based education provides the foundation for this next generation workforce. It also creates the ability for a locality or region to raise, train, and retain their residents by offering the opportunity to enhance their quality of life, not only for themselves but for their future generations.
Domain: Process
Disciplines: Learning, Planning, Project Management
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how economic development, quality of life and attracting or keeping companies are directly linked to a foundation in educational opportunity.
- Learn how new advancements in manufacturing are affecting and will continue to dramatically impact the workforce's training and knowledge needs.
- Discuss how STEM and STEAM focused curriculum models can be embedded into educational environments at all levels to develop students at all ages for highly technical fields demanded of the next generation workforce.
- Identify how educational environments – K-12 and higher education – are successfully teaming with industry to prepare students to immediately enter an ever-changing world.
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| Realistic Renovations: Challenges and Opportunities in Campus Redevelopment |
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Don Baus, AIA, LEED AP, SGA Architecture
Crystal Queen, Berkeley County School District
Todd McElveen, Thompson Turner Construction
The goal was simple – provide approximately 125,000sf of new (replacement) classroom and cafeteria space on a campus in desperate need of modernization, but do it without disruption of school operations or displacement of students, either off campus or in portable classrooms. Discussion will focus on how collaboration through Integrated Project Delivery enabled the team to rebuild approximately 40% of the existing campus without interruption of campus services or displacement of students, while maintain safety in a multiple phase construction project. Conceptual design decisions were carefully vetted not only from an aesthetic or programmatic standpoint, but had to meet with approval of District and school staff in terms of campus operational continuity; approval of contractor for constructability in a very compressed construction site; and, above all, student safety and security could not be compromised.
Domains: Toolbox, Content Story
Disciplines: Planning, Architecture, Construction, Project Management
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to identify critical components and aspects of construction on an occupied campus.
- Examine how specific client, design team and contractor requirements each influence the overall design and construction on an occupied campus.
- Explore how safety and security requirements are maintained as the campus plan changes during construction.
- Understand how an integrated design process facilitates smoother design to construction process.
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| Condition Assessments and Restoration Projects |
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Mickey Leso, PE, USANova
Condition assessments are important in determining the best use of capital funding. Maintaining accurate, up-to-date asset data and effectively linking activities with strategic business plans provides an understanding of what exists, current conditions and RSL. Additionally it recognizes appropriate capital funding, prioritizes and aligns funding with your mission and provides the knowledge needed to proceed effectively with expansions and renovations.
Periodic condition assessments help to avoid making decisions on bad data. Inaccurate, out-of-date or altogether missing data leads to poor decisions and bad outcomes, such as increased risk of business disruption due to emergencies; greater operating expenses; healthy/safety violations; and regulatory violations.
Domains: Process, Parameters, Toolbox
Disciplines: Planning, Architecture, Interiors, Engineering, Construction, Project Management, Sustainability
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what areas of expertise are entailed in a Property Condition Assessment.
- Understand why periodic facility condition assessments are important to fund utilization.
- Describe what sources are useful for cost estimating purposes.
- Identify challenges and solutions provided in case study projects.
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| It Makes Good "Cents": Winning Your Sales Tax Referendum |
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Tom Wilson,
Anderson School District 5
Kyle Newton, Anderson School District Five
How can your districts build the coalition that is needed to win a ballot initiative? Examine how all five Anderson County School District developed strategies using data analysis to craft their talking points to working with business and community stakeholders that resulted in successfully passing a one-cent sales tax. Although a ballot initiative differs from other political campaigns, grassroots efforts are needed for passage. Officials will also discuss how to engage school faculties and staff members and how to navigate a referendum while being a public employee. All things considered passage of a sales tax is the primary way to support capital projects at the local level.
Domains: Context, Parameters, Content Story
Discipline: Construction
Learning Objectives:
- Analyze and assess presentation skills and proposal to identify strengths and weaknesses
- Use social media/emerging technologies to gain visibility for project and communicate with a broad constituency for opportunities and relationships
- Organize project for greater accountability for community relationships and more effective internal channels for feedback and collaboration.
- Better understand what works and doesn't work when communicating with community leaders and elected officials.
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| Pedagogy of Space |
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David A. Stubbs II, Cultural Shift
The world in which our children live in and will move into is one that will continue to change. In order to be successful and to effectively create change, we ALL must work differently. If we truly desire change, we may no longer rely on tried and proven concepts. We need to understand the "Why" of a specific community, comprehend the "Who" and only then begin to create the "How" and the "What" with all the stakeholders.
Form and function relationships have truly changed. Enter an educational furniture "system" that has changed the landscape of educational environments – however, the research and understanding of the pedagogy of the next generation of space had just begun. Working with individuals who create the pedagogy of space, leaders continue to support the development of these environments from the disruptive approach to design. This workshop will focus on the "Why", demonstrating examples to initiate change. Attendees will be take into a journey of the "Who" that will help correlate our everyday experiences and encourage us to create environments that respond to these unique individuals.
Domains: Learning, Context, Process, Toolbox, Content Story
Disciplines: Learning, Planning, Architecture, Interiors
Learning Objectives:
- Examine space and the tools within learning environments as an opportunity to rethink how we deliver professional development and "permit" teaching and learning.
- Explore examples of disruptive design techniques and facilitation opportunities to acquire valuable information when constructing the next generation of facilities.
- Think about creating multi-functional spaces that permit flexibility, agility in lieu of restricting creativity and innovation.
- Review the utilization of simplicity into the baseline of all environments increasing usefulness in the support of a multitude of teaching and learning styles. "Simplicity" equates to "multi-functional."
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| Clemson Core Campus: Planning with Enduring Principles in Changing Times |
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Joe Atkins, AIA, LEED AP, VMDO Architects
Fiske Crowell, FAIA, LEED AP, Sasaki
Clemson Planning Representative, Clemson University
From conception to realization, projects inevitably encounter changes and challenges. By building consensus around a strong planning and design framework, project teams can successfully navigate unforeseen issues in the field.
More than a decade ago, Clemson University set out to re-imagine its Core Campus by bringing together a diverse set of dining, housing and academic programs under one roof. The original design intent was focused on creating an intense, interwoven, mixed-use precinct at the heart of the Core Campus that embodies the Clemson spirit. The resultant new construction with an adjusted architectural program that, while different, attempted to achieve the same dynamic design intent. Interactive dialogue will focus on strategies for planning that can help project teams navigate changes and challenges over time, demonstrating the use of integrated planning and stewardship of a vision for campus transformation from initial master planning to project completion.
Domains: Context, Process, Content Story
Disciplines: Planning
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to initiate, adapt and sustain a sound integrated planning process for campus transformation.
- Determine how to involve and engage multiple campus constituencies to develop a responsive framework plan.
- Understand how to navigate changes in program participants and funding to successfully implement plans.
- Discuss ways to form an integrated design team to deliver complex projects
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| The Value of Integrated Project Delivery & BIM: A Panel Discussion between District, Architect and Contractor |
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Berkeley County School District
McMillan Pazdan Smith
Thompson Turner Construction
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is an approach that integrates people, systems, business structures and practices into a process that collaboratively harnesses the knowledge, talents and insights of all participants to increase project value, reduce waste and optimize efficiency through all phases off design, fabrication and construction. Combining the capabilities of a Building Information Modeling (BIM) product such as Revit A360 to the IPD process creates a strong collaboration between the owner, the architect and the general contractor from early design through project turnover. Not only does this approach align expectation, it also offers the team real-time assessments of material quantities and a collective understanding of how to best control the cost, schedule and constructability of the project as it evolves.
Domain: Process
Disciplines: Engineering, Construction, Project Management, Technology
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the relationship of BIM & IPD.
- Describe the role of the design team, owner and contractor in IPD.
- Discuss how relationships need to change between Owner, Architects and Contractors so that there is a more collaborative effort working to the end goal of a high quality project within budget and schedule.
- Review how value engineering can be incorporated through the design process with an integrated team with design and construction expertise.
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| Linking Learning Experiences to Environments for Student Success |
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Page Dettman, Ph.D., MeTEOR Education
Susan Gavin, MeTEOR Education
The responsibility for educating today's digital natives filling our K-12 schools signals an urgent need for a transformation in learning experiences and environments. As we rethink the process of teaching and learning to prepare our children for college, career and life in our global economy, it become clear that traditional pedagogy and environments require insightful redesign that begins with a vision. The action plan supporting a vision involves thoughtful instructional and environmental design as well as ongoing professional training and coaching for those who live, work and learn in the facilities. Through this presentation, we will showcase a process to design instructional practices linking learning experiences to learning environment designs that responds to the skills students need for their futures. Steps on how to achieve impactful results through implementation of the vision and this new approach to learning and design will be outlined and illustrated.
Embarking on a future planning expedition encompasses the hopes and dreams for how a local community can best prepare students for their uncertain futures and offers a pathway forward to provide the learning experiences desired for our students' futures through aligned supportive learning environments.
Domains: Learning, Context, Process, Toolbox, Content Story
Disciplines: Learning, Planning, Interiors
Learning Objectives:
- Provide an understanding of the learning and space design principles surrounding learner-centered instruction.
- Explore how learning environments can support 21st century learning experiences.
- Sequence the learning experience and learning environment design conversations toward implementation attaining the vision and student success.
- Share a process for transforming ineffective school culture to a positive, student-centered culture through learning experiences and learning environment design.
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