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MKThink Editorial Board
MKThink was formed on Leap Day, 2000. 20+ years and only five anniversaries later, we reflect on the leap from that February day to the...
Building Innovation Dilemma: Can the building industry handle innovation?
Mark R Miller, FAIA
Latest
2/17/22
Increase worker engagement, Increase business performance
Marijke Smit
1/27/22
Old Railroads to New Community Connections: The rise of Urban Community Trails
Marijke Smit
1/5/22
Informal learning environments: the catalyzers for social and emotional development of children
Marijke Smit
1/2/22
Community Centers: How to engage sustainability and community’s resilience through design?
Marijke Smit
12/28/21
Healthy Places and Wellness: The essential things for the return to workspaces.
Signo Uddenberg
12/23/21
How to optimize and promote healthy buildings through technology and data analysis
Nate Goore, AIA
Analytics
Measuring the health of our spaces
Signo Uddenberg
Key Data:
- 12% of the time CO2 levels in certain classrooms exceeded recommended limits
By the Numbers: Build Less, Solve More
Mark R. Miller
Key Data:
- 49% architecture contribution to US annual energy consumption with only 6% direct contribution to US GDP
Alternative workplace strategies to optimize real estate
Rachelle Sarmiento
Key Data:
- 20-50% space reduction in Central Office Administration through space-sharing, collaboration and remote working
Lost time in inter-office commute
Rachelle Sarmiento
Key Data:
- 0.5-1.3 miles in commute to reach other team members within their same departments
Space standards can reclaim inefficiently used real estate
Rachelle Sarmiento
Key Data:
- +10% square footage without building through densification and collaboration
Voices
Nate Goore, AIA
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital: Solving a Capacity Problem to Sustain Care
Projects
Mission Creek Sports Park
Mission Bay Development Group
A brown field transformed into a “whimsical community destination”
Tags:
Community Strength, Design, Environment
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Long Range Campus Plan
UC Hastings College of Law
Long-range strategy and implementation for a multi-building campus in the heart of downtown San Francisco
Tags:
Higher Education, System Optimization
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Long Range Campus Plan
Stanford Graduate School of Business
A new and consolidated campus for a world-class business school
Tags:
Higher Education, Strategy, Vision
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Dynamic Campus Framework Plan
Stanford University Law School
Defining the next era of planning and physical development
Tags:
Higher Education, Vision
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Maker Hub Visioning & Design
Hillbrook School
Where making becomes the heart of the learning
experience
Tags:
K-12, Experience Design, Strategy, Design, Vision
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Vertical Camps Planning
Golden Gate University
Developing a student-centered, vertical campus in the heart of San Francisco
Tags:
Higher Education, Strategy
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Energy - Financial Behavior Research
Fannie Mae
Develop and test new products to improve homeowner financial health for one of the largest financial institutions in the world
Tags:
Design of Experiments, Strategy, Research and Development
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Master Thermal Comfort Strategy
Hawaii Department of Education
Data-driven, carbon-reducing, cooling solutions for tropical island classrooms
Tags:
Higher Education, Strategy, Environment
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Global HQ Office Design
Mozilla Corporation
“Coding” the workspace of the premiere open-source developer
Tags:
Design, Workplace
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Products
AA AIR QUALITY WEBSITE
MKThink launched Air Angel via its technology company RoundhouseOne as a web-based tool to track and understand the environmental quality of spaces, indoor and out. Find out more at www.theairangel.com
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR
This all-in-one device provides remote monitoring of the utilization and health of spaces, including data on temperature, humidity, lighting levels, sound levels, CO2 levels, PM2/5/10, occupancy (yes/no), and more.
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AA MONITORING TRAILERS
The AA trailer can be deployed in any outdoor environment to collect environmental and people data, such as particulate matter, CO2 levels, occupancy, social distancing and more. The onboard solar panels and energy management system allow the trailer to operate from solar power, and its onboard modem transmits the de-identified data to AWS for analysis and cloud-based, user-interface from anywhere.
COMPUTER VISION SENSOR
This computer vision processing unit provides data extraction and analysis on-site, relaying only the selected data back to the cloud. It can be programmed to collect any data available from 60FPS video, de-identifying people, and providing useful information on the use
COMPUTER VISION ANALYSIS & WEB-INTERFACE
The computer vision interface enables users to understand a variety of people-based analytics, such as how many people occupy a space over time, which zones have the most movement, how long people are dwelling in a particular area and how close in proximity they are to each other. This information has helped businesses reopen safely during the COVID pandemic as well as helped building managers understand how their spaces are being used day-to-day.
