Contract Magazine - July 2020 - 25

Education
Dale Alan Greenwald, Associate IIDA
Interior Design Leader
CannonDesign
New York

Britni Stone, NCIDQ, LEED GA
Senior Associate, Interior Designer
NBBJ
London

"At universities, life sciences are currently dominating the education sector.
The COVID-19 outbreak highlights a crucial growing demand for lab spaces across
our region-a direct response to vaccine production and testing. In our global
review of the education market, we are employing our design strategies to meet
the needs of this transformed landscape so educational environments are
comfortable and safe, as well as inspiring and uplifting for users. We have solutions
for the short term to help keep people safe, and also the long term that support
the critical insights we've learned over the years about the way collaboration
drives innovation and creativity. For example, we're utilizing social hubs to enable
new modes of learning, teaching, and connecting-whether in-person or virtually.
As we traverse what's next, design thinking needs to be all-inclusive and consider
the holistic impact of planning models, materials, technology, behaviors,
and protocols."

Classic
Corian: Solid Surface
"Now more than ever, we are challenging our
teams to select materials that are non-porous
and stain-resistant-but also beautiful. DuPont
Corian has always been a great go-to for checking these boxes. Additionally, Corian is seamless
in appearance and easily repaired."
corian.com

New need
Carnegie: Xorel Textile
"Carnegie Xorel has always been a leader in
performance and sustainability. This bleachcleanable product also has a hospitality aesthetic
that brings in warmth and texture to educational
environments."
carnegiefabrics.com

"CannonDesign is currently engaged in numerous ongoing discussions around
the impact of social distancing on the delivery of instruction and how our teaching
spaces will reemerge in the short and long term beyond the pandemic. Just
as we, as design practitioners, have rapidly adapted to new tools and techniques
for collaborating, sharing, and learning, our clients are rethinking, too. They're
rethinking their instructional methodologies to incorporate various forms of online
learning and investigating changes to their physical spaces to enable students to
safely, physically reconvene. The most persistent change we expect will be toward
the combination of online and in-person instruction, and this will impact many
things, including the types and sizes of space; the characteristics of spaces
needed (density of populations, acoustics, lighting); a review of the MEP systems
for short- and long-term enhancements (air exchanges, flow and filtration, and
disinfection); and the functional and operational approach (furniture and material
selection, replacement and cleaning protocols, student and staff movement
criteria). We are fortunate our firm shares the knowledge and best practices of the
different markets we serve. Our experiences from health and wellness programs
continuously inform our education and commercial practices."

Classic

New need

Steelcase: Node Collaborative Chairs
"Our clients continually ask for flexible, durable
furniture that can be easily reconfigured to
support a variety of instructional situations. The
Steelcase Node is a popular selection for a movable classroom study chair with an ample tablet,
a storage bin for backpacks, and a comfortable
cleanable shell with arm support. It also allows
people to keep all their possessions close, something that reinforces best practices for social
distancing."
steelcase.com

contract

MCONTRAST: Personal Protection Kiosks
"As we work to support cleaner environments and
encourage personal hygiene and health protection, personal protection kiosks from MContrast
offer a clean profile and much-needed storage."
mcontrast.com
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