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THINK PIECES ARCHIVE
"Superdays" Are Here! How the World of Work Has Reversed
The recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article In the Hybrid Era, On-Sites Are the New Off-Sites explores the global shift from...
Planning Uncertain Futures...Flexibly
We recently made a video overview of our project with the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Check it out! #assetoptimization
Return to Work - or Not?
The problem of how a post-pandemic workplace functions is one we are addressing with many of our client partners. It is a complex...
Pre and post covid space optimization trends that define workplaces
The workplace market is constantly changing. The pandemic triggered some of these transformational processes but change was already...
How to optimize building space and material use
The optimization regarding materials used in buildings is a very important factor in the life cycle environmental impact. The use of...
How to optimize office spaces in order to impact positively to workers
According to Fellowes Workplace Wellness Trend Report: “93% of workers in the tech industry said they would stay longer at a company who...
Hybrid Workplace Rooted in Sustainability
Forbes released an article this month that illustrates how The U.S. The Department of Energy (DOE) has been articulating different...
Got Levers: Tools To Optimize Space Use
When an organization grows, the pressure to find more space often grows with it. But adding more building is not necessarily the most...
Stanford Health Care: Enabling a Productive, Healthy and Happy Workforce
The Stanford Health Care Planning, Design and Construction (PDC) team needed to improve its workplace effectiveness and prepare for...
Urban Futures of The Animal Welfare Campus
Assessing the Vision Like any institution, animal welfare organizations – their shelters and clinics – are affected by outside...
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital: Solving a Capacity Problem to Sustain Care
In 2008, the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) needed a strategy to address its 12% capacity deficit without compromising patient...
Architecture at the Pace of Reality
Thoughts at the Intersection of Time, Space and Place Diagram of the Six (6) waves of innovation that have occurred in the past 300...
Back to Work: Will Permission Equate to Adoption?
In some form, non-essential people are going back to workplaces that were recently closed. It’s inevitable, and for many necessary....
Optimizing Organizational Assets
Land is an opportunity Global urban land values continue to skyrocket. In the United States alone, the total value of urban land averaged...
The Power of Feedback
Confronted with the challenge of a workforce and workspace dispersed across multiple locations, the City of Davis partnered with MKThink...
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