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Strategy includes translating educational goals and needs into effective and workable planning tools to assist both educators and architects in realizing these goals with accuracy and efficiency. By facilitating an inclusive process that intertwines educational goals with architectural solutions, BrainSpaces provides clients with educational facility planning documents, which serve as a road-map for the architectural team throughout the design and construction process. The process and services required to serve each client and each project vary widely and are tailored for each new venture. Accuracy, efficiency and consensus are achieved through a combination of interactive work sessions, tours & virtual tours, research, surveys, interviews, individual and group conferences and discussions. Existing guidelines and standards also vary and are referenced and incorporated as required.
Pre-Design & Educational Facility Planning services include: Educational Specifications Space Programming Organizational Strategy Diagrams Master Planning Conceptual Design Research & Best-Practices Translating Curriculum needs into facility organization strategies Use options & strategies for existing facilities
Design Phase services ensure continuity and include: Assistance with Schematic Design Peer review of design team Assistance with FF&E Assistance with finishes, materials and color selection
Diagnostic Services include Existing Facility Assessments for: Educational Adequacy Educational Commissioning Capacity & Utilization Equity among/between Facilities Compliance with local, state, or national School Planning Guidelines Compliance with Educational Specifications Future flexibility
Post Construction services include: Educational Use Commissioning Facility “User Guides” Post-Occupancy Evaluations |
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Updated: February 2008
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LAUSD School Design Charette Team Seated: Steve Crane, FAIA, VCBO Architecture, and Amy Yurko, AIA, BrainSpaces. Standing: Ellis Kaufman, director of small learning communities, Facilities Services Division, LAUSD; John Nichols, AIA, Principal, HMC Architects; Guy Mehula, chief facilities executive, LAUSD; Edwin J. Van Ginkel, senior development manager, Facilities Services Division, LAUSD. Photo © Bryan Becker.
For graphic solutions to the complex urban high school problem, click here. For more information on the charette see the full article in Architectural Record. |
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