Ed Roberts Campus Post Occupancy Evaluation Our research team recently submitted this proposal to the Institutional Review Board for their approval to conduct our Post Occupancy Evaluation.  The uploaded research plan describes the various parts of the evaluation including an online survey, focus groups, and behavioral observations. IRB Research Plan pdf-1y7xjao

You may preview our survey (it is not live yet, so feel free to navigate and answer questions).  the web address is as follows: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7ZAxo6kxp44gMEB

We’ve developed custom post-it notes as a way for building users to tag elements in ERC during the focus groups.  The post-it notes illustrate our methods but also some of the universal techniques we will be employing.  Please note the use of a special font that (although ugly to our eyes) has proven especially readable to people with dyslexia. Updated Stickies Jan 30-2dt95ga

Ed Roberts Campus: A Case Study of Social Justice through Universal Design  Associate Professor Kyuho Ahn, Olivia Asuncion, Shaw Kawasaki Architects and I presented this case study of the Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley CA at the Interior Design Educator’s Council (IDEC) conference in 2017.   The Ed Roberts Campus, designed by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects houses disability rights and independent living organizations. The paper examines how our initial research helped us to identify performance criteria that impacts how the building works for diverse users. IDEC2017_ERC-2k930l5

The Secret Life of the Equitable Building: How Office Interiors Change This paper examines changes to the Equitable Building over time as documented by permit drawings.  Two different aspects are examined: Changes to the building core and services in comparison to ownership patterns in the building and changes to lease spaces to determine which partition walls changed and which persisted over multiple remodels. IDEC Equitable presentation for web small-1s1rxtn