AcademicWorkspace report.pdf (1.36 MB)
The case for new academic workspace
online resource
posted on 2010-03-24, 16:34 authored by James Pinder, Jennifer Parker, Simon Austin, Fiona Duggan, Mark Lansdale, Peter DemianPeter Demian, Thom Baguley, Simon AllenbyExecutive summary: This report draws upon the combined efforts of
a number of estates professionals, architects,
academics, designers, and senior managers
involved in the planning of new university buildings
for the 21st century. Across these perspectives,
all would agree – although perhaps for different
reasons - that this planning is difficult and that a
number of particular considerations apply in the
design of academic workspaces. Despite these
difficulties, they will also agree that when this
planning goes well, ‘good’ buildings are truly
transformational – for both the university as a
whole and the people who work and study in them.
The value of well-designed buildings goes far
beyond their material costs, and endures long after
those costs have been forgotten ...
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
PINDER, J. ... et al, 2009. The case for new academic workspace. Loughborough : Loughborough University.Publisher
© Loughborough UniversityVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2009Notes
This is a report. It is also freely available from the project website at: http://www.academicworkspace.com/ISBN
9781897911334Language
- en