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Cultural Transformation
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Building Boomtown
Are today’s communities prepared for our rapidly growing, healthy, and savvy aging population?
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Learning Spaces: A Toolkit
Can we quantify the impact of active learning environments on student outcomes?
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Rethinking the Binary Restroom
How can we design restrooms to be safe, comfortable, and inclusive?
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A Breath of Fresh Air
Exploring opportunities to address air pollution via design and architecture.
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A High-Performance Place for Learning
Exploring the future of education via new takes on the learning environment.
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Fuel Cells Now
An Exploration of Fuel Cells as Sustainable Energy Solutions.
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An Easier Hospital
Simplifying the patient experience in healthcare environments.
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Remaking Student Living
Can we enhance student living environments to better respond to the needs of today’s students?
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The Hospital Left Behind
An investigation into the creative re-use of aging hospitals.
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Graphic Learners
An investigation of integrating graphic design into school environments to enrich educational opportunities.
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What is the Future of the Museum?
What is the future of the museum? Museums are evolving to accommodate active, individualistic, and tech‐driven new...
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The Post-Book Librarian?
How do library leaders see the future of their institutions? Librarians see a future in which their role, and the...
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Libraries are for Studying
How do students envision the present and future academic library? Students value the academic library as a bastion...
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Future of the Academic Library
Why do students really go to the library? The value of today’s academic libraries goes far beyond access to books...
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ABCs of STEM
What strategies connect students to STEM? Successful STEM environments enhance the teaching and learning process by...
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Soul-Centered Design
Can holistic design strategies improve health and healing? A “soul-centered” design approach that aligns the design...
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Toward a Wellness-Based Workplace
Does a healthy workplace improve the bottom line? An estimated 65% of a company’s health-related costs can be...
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Education Environments Index, Student Survey
Are college campuses working for students? Students spend a large portion of their time working alone. Campuses that...
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The Dynamics of Place in Higher Education
Are educators and students on the same page? Students and educators agree that education space needs to foster...
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Role of Learning Spaces: A Comparative Analysis
We partnered with seven universities to track students transitioning from classrooms to enhanced learning spaces.
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Quantifying the Impact of Design on Patient Experience
We leveraged a waiting room redesign opportunity to research areas of improvement.
Engagement & Experience
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U.S. Hospitality Pulse Survey 2020
Investigating how the hospitality industry can evolve to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Beyond the Senses
Creating a tool to help better incorporate sensory design into our projects.
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Enhancing the Client Experience
We investigated the top drivers in creating a positive client experience.
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Mixed-Use Experiences in Latin America
Investigating the key factors driving great public mixed-use experiences in Latin America
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Designing Intelligent Retail Places
Using spatial data and mixed-methods research to facilitate a better retail experience.
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Investigating Japan’s Unique Transportation Retail Hubs
An in-depth assessment of Japan's railway retail system to improve the user experience.
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Achieving Inclusivity in the Design Process
Exploring how we can design great experiences for users
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The Value of Customer Experience Centers
Researching the benefits of customer experience centers and how they can be most effective.
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Understanding Airports through Social Data
Investigating opportunities to improve airport experience from user feedback.
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Designing Intergenerational Communities
Building upon our BoomTown framework to understand the essential elements for multigenerational communities.
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Experience Index: Retail
An in-depth investigation into the changing retail experience and areas for improvement
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Narrative-Driven Design: Incorporating Storytelling into the Design Process
Investigating how to successfully integrate storytelling into the design process.
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Museum Experience Index℠
An investigation into designing a memorable and inclusive museum experience for a multigenerational audience.
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Introducing the Gensler Experience Index
The Gensler Experience IndexSM is the result of a multi-year research effort to identify and quantify the factors of...
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Vacation in 3G
Investigating the behavioral drivers of multi-generational travelers and examining the shifts in the hospitality...
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The Airbnb Effect
A deep dive into the history of Airbnb, its impact on the hospitality industry, and the regulations that shape its...
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#Winning the Fan Engagement Game
An investigation into sports fans’ relationships with their favorite teams.
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Experience Reigns
How does design transform the user experience, and can we measure and track its business impact?
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Beyond Boutique
How can boutique hotels cater to the desires of today’s travelers?
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Making Global Business Work
Documenting strategies to improve government relations in emerging markets.
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Experiential ROI
What makes for a positive retail experience?
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Emotional Consumerism in India
Investigating consumer relationships with multinational brands in the dynamic Indian market.
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Consumer Multiplicity in China
Understanding the connection between consumers, brands, and values in China.
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Design for Active Aging
Can design better support today’s active aging population? Today's aging population is anything but traditionally...
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Brands Go Global
Why do some brands thrive in new markets while others fall flat? An understanding of local context and an openness...
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2013 Brand Engagement Survey
Is emotional connection the key to customer engagement? Consumers actively choose brands in line with their personal...
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Resurgence of the Department Store
Can department stores compete again? Many department stores currently sit on a precipice: sales are languishing...
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Maximizing ROI for Sports Stadium Sponsorships
What strategies will keep stadiums viable? Successful stadium designs engage sponsors early, integrate tech...
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Aviation Performance Index
Which airport spaces drive positive travel experiences? The quality of restrooms, security checkpoints, and baggage...
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Trends & Their Impact on Hospitality Design
Is the hospitality industry aligned with consumer needs? Consumer expectations have shifted from a desire for more...
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Experience Index: Hospitality
This report explores research findings specific to hotels, identifying factors that matter most for guest experience...
Evolving Cities
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City Pulse Survey 2020
The Gensler Research Institute's City Pulse Survey explores how the pandemic is impacting the urban experience in...
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Leveraging Client Networks to Inform Retail Site Recommendations
An investigation into how to help retailers streamline their site selection process.
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The Future of USPS Real Estate: Part 2
Reimagining the USPS mission of connecting people to evolve with an aging real estate paradigm.
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Mixed-Reality Futures: Integrating Augmented Reality with Transit Hubs
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"Excuse Me, Robot..." The Rules of Human-Centric Space in the 21st Century
An exploration into designing space for the coexistence of humans and robots.
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Generative Design Tool for Modular Buildings
Leveraging generative design to accelerate test-fitting processes for modular buildings.
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Designing for Disassembly
Researching how the process of disassembly can implemented at scale to support industry demands and sustainable...
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The Return on Design for Repositioning Projects: A New Framework for Measuring Performance
Exploring how to quantify the market impact of our office repositioning projects.
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A Model for Ambulatory Care Clinics
We reimagined how to engage healthcare consumers to reshape care and communities.
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Hong Kong's Next Generation of Senior Living
An exploration into the adverse effects of Hong Kong's population density on senior adults
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Urban Strategies for Coastal Resilience
Addressing sea level rise and major storms threats in vulnerable cities.
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A Path Toward Net Zero Energy Buildings
Creating a roadmap for 80% reduction in predicted energy performance by 2030.
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A New Model for the Public Library
An exploration into the issues impacting the public library and how design can support its changing role in...
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The Future of USPS Real Estate
We investigated how the U.S. Postal Service can best use its existing real estate to further its mission in the...
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Investigating Downtown Neighborhood Resurgence
Analyzing what drives downtown resurgence and its surrounding areas.
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Real Estate and the Intelligence Economy
An exploration of how the intelligence economy will catalyze evolving roles and relationships in the real estate...
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The Value Opportunities of Machine Learning Design Strategies
An exploration into applications for machine learning in architectural design.
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Sustainability | Research & Insight
Impact by Design 2018 is Gensler’s third annual publication assessing the performance and resilience of our work
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Forecasting Design Shifts Under Future Vehicle Technologies
Creating a spatial prediction model to respond to shared, electric, and autonomous vehicles and their impact on the...
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The Socio-Economic Ecological Performance Index
Creating a tool to help urban planning projects address social and environmental impact without sacrificing...
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Designing Innovative Solutions for Homelessness
Creating a plan to develop and implement Permanent Supportive Housing for the homeless quickly and inexpensively.
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Developing a Design Approach for Sub-Saharan Africa
We researched how to integrate design with local development in Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the human experience.
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Autonomous Vehicles and Their Impact on Real Estate
A deep dive into the impact of the increased use of autonomous vehicles on future real estate investments...
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What's Old is New Again: Circumnavigating the Circular Economy
After conducting research using our own offices as case studies and analyzing the current client interest in the...
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Sustainability | Research & Insight
Impact by Design 2017 is Gensler’s second annual publication analyzing the sustainable performance of our work.
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Design Parameters for Urban Office-to-Residential Conversion
Building a framework for residential conversion for underperforming office buildings.
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Urban Farmification: Big Box Underground
Exploring the opportunities and realities of submerging big box retail centers to support rooftop farming.
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Why Walls Should Live
Can living walls have an impact on indoor air quality and occupant comfort?
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Navigating Olympic Tokyo
A speculative proposal for Tokyo before, during, and after the 2020 Olympics.
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The Prefab City
Exploring the potential impact of modern manufacturing techniques on construction processes.
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3D Printing Takes Flight
Exploring opportunities at the intersection of 3D printing and UAV technology.
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Hack the City
Redesigning our cities through active community engagement.
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Alignment for Impact
Aligning business, community, and design processes for maximum impact.
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Impact through Design
Investigating opportunities to mitigate climate change through design and architecture.
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Downtown Tech Boom
Learning from San Francisco’s Urban Tech Boom.
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Rethinking Public Transit
Exploring the new frontiers for mass public transit
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Manhattan’s Next Hot Neighborhood
An "up-zoning" proposal to encourage building renovation and neighborhood revitalization.
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Measuring Urban Experience
A tool for gathering qualitative data about the urban realm.
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Natural Urbanism
How can we gather and visualize data to better understand the impact of ecosystem services on our urban centers?
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The State of Parking
How do we optimize parking in today’s and tomorrow’s cities?
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Airports without Waiting?
What’s next for airport terminal design and planning? Keeping passengers moving is key for tomorrow’s...
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Curating the Right Mix
Can China create better cities? For China’s cities to grow while maintaining a sense of community, we must enrich...
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Design Premium
Can we quantify architecture’s contribution to building value? In aggregate, Class A buildings designed by...
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Revolutionizing Retail Entitlements
Can we extract value from retail entitlements? An application-based knowledge management tool streamlines retail...
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Reimagining Cities / Year 1: Redefining the Town Square
Can the town square be relevant in the 21st century? We can improve our cities by creating vibrant town squares that...
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Sustainability Trending
What can we learn from 600+ LEED scorecards? Comparative LEED data by project type and location reveals baseline...
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Mapping Environmental Factors
How can we translate climate data into actionable insights? We designed a new approach to leverage climate data and...
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High-Performance Building Envelopes
What design strategies maximize building envelope performance? Technological innovation alone will not deliver...
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Commercial Office Buildings 2020
What drives success in commercial office buildings? Office building design must evolve to support changing work...
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Open Spaces
What is the commercial value of open space? Property owners, developers, and investors are willing to pay a premium...
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Building Environment Impacts from Pending CO2 Legislation
How could CO2 legislation shift the building industry? As CO2 legislation becomes increasingly stringent, carbon is...
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Network L.A. Transit
Does Los Angeles have a public transit future? To counteract L.A.’s car identity, creative public transportation...
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Hospitality Sustainability Study
Can hotels afford to ignore sustainability? Utility costs were growing significantly faster than other operating...
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Real Estate Repositioning Strategies
We created a menu of seven key real estate repositioning solutions in New York which can be applied to most markets.
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Leveraging Dynamo to Create Dynamic Facades
Building a parametric, pattern-generating system in Dynamo to save energy and time in building facades.
Organizational Strategy
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France Workplace Survey 2020
Data from Gensler's France Workplace Survey 2020 shows that professionals in France want to spend the majority of...
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France Workplace Survey 2020 (French)
Data from Gensler's France Workplace Survey 2020 shows that professionals in France want to spend the majority of...
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Australia Workplace Survey 2020
Findings from Gensler's Australia Workplace Survey 2020 show that the majority of the Australian workforce wants a...
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US Workplace Survey 2020 Summer/Fall
Data from Gensler's U.S. Workplace Survey 2020 shows that U.S. workers want a hybrid work model that offers the...
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UK Workplace Survey 2020
The UK Workplace Survey 2020 explores what office employees want from their future workplace.
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Listening Through the Noise
An investigation on designing for productive sound in the workplace.
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Japan Workplace Survey 2020
We analyzed the Japanese workplace to address and improve workplace quality and experience.
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Augmented Change Management through Ambient Signals
A study in how to enact sustained behavior change through experiential learning.
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Flexible Workspace in the Post-Coworking Era: A European Perspective
Identifying key models and drivers attracting large corporations to European coworking culture.
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Evolution of Creative Learning at Work
An investigation into how organizations can trigger, promote, and sustain learning behaviors.
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The Culture of Innovation
An investigation into the cultural conditions for innovation within organizations.
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Middle East Workplace Survey 2020
An investigation into the changing nature of the Middle East workplace.
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Emotional Security in the Workplace
Investigating which relational conditions allow organizations to thrive.
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Linking Program and Asset Management
Integrating Wisp into project predesign to understand its potential impact on program management.
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Designing Effective Research Buildings
An exploration into how architecture can support collaboration and innovation in laboratory buildings.
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Germany Workplace Survey 2019
A deep dive into the changing German workplace and how they can improve productivity and satisfaction through...
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Using IoT Technology to Drive Evidence-Based Design
Using Gensler New York as a case study, we installed sensors and use mixed-methods to measure occupant and building...
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The Human Element: Work Styles & Spatial Preferences
We investigated the link between a person's learning style and their workplace preference.
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Developing an Agile Workplace Solution
Developing a framework and set of design research tools allowing us to quickly design and deliver flexible workplace...
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The Designer's Toolkit for Psychological Well-Being
Developing a toolkit to to help designers, strategists, and clients create workplace design that better promotes...
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Working Backwards from 2040: A Process to Future-Proof Solutions
We developed and piloted a methodology to help designers and clients create proactive, informed solutions for the...
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Adaptability in Life Science Design
An investigation into maximizing financial and experiential value in life sciences lab design.
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Testing the Validity of Exam Room Design
How do you arrive at an optimal exam room design?
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Tokyo’s Third Places
Exploring ways to improve work/life balance for Tokyo’s busy workforce.
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For the Love of Purpose
Understanding not-for-profit employees to uncover lessons about meaning in the workplace.
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The Evolution of Workplace in India
Investigating changes in the Indian workplace alongside its cultural, political, and economic history.
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The Future of Work
Investigating the evolution of office work, and its impact on the urban environment.
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U.S. Workplace Survey 2016
Today’s organizations value Innovation, creativity and differentiation. Our latest workplace survey looks at how...
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U.K. Workplace Survey 2016
The divide between the “haves and have nots” has grown exponentially in recent years. Can design help to resolve...
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Asia Workplace Survey 2016
As Asian companies focus on competitiveness in a global market, they must explore a new, more balanced workplace...
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Emerging Work Styles
Can individual work survive in the “collaborative” workplace? Effective focus involves managing one’s individual...
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Trading on Stress
Can better trading floor environments mitigate stress? Stressful trading environments can contribute to: poor...
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Legal Innovation Lab
How will lawyers work in the future? Law firms are ready for change, and are seeking progressive, tech-enabled...
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Exploration of Digital Collaboration
What “apps” can help us work smarter? Use of digital collaboration technology offers opportunities to improve...
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Office Building of the Future
Can existing buildings adapt to stay relevant? In established markets like the United States, the future of office...
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Change Networking
Can social media revolutionize change management? Network strategies, when aligned with critical business goals, can...
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Design Process Innovation
How can we improve the design process? We can streamline the design process, improve quality, and better communicate...
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The 2013 U.S. Workplace Survey
What factors drive workplace performance? Employees in top-performing workplaces—those that balance focus and...
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2013 U.S. Workplace Survey: Consumer Products
Are consumer products companies delivering on workplace experience? Employees report high levels of workplace...
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2013 U.S. Workplace Survey: Energy
What opportunities exist to improve the workplace for energy companies? While job satisfaction in this industry is...
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2013 U.S. Workplace Survey: Government
Can government workplaces improve in a time of budget and space constraints? Increasing employee choice and mobility...
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2013 U.S. Workplace Survey: Legal
Do lawyers work differently? Attorneys spend comparatively more time focusing than their peers in other industries...
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2013 U.S. Workplace Survey: Not-for-Profit
Is the workplace helping not-for-profit organizations achieve their mission? Less than one in four NFP employees...
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2013 U.S. Workplace Survey: Technology
What’s next for the tech workplace? Employees report higher-than-average levels of choice, satisfaction and...
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Innovation to Support CREs' Challenge
What is the future of corporate real estate? Real estate executives are hungry for success metrics that go well...
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Framework for Innovation Spaces
How does space drive innovation? Innovation relies on managed serendipity—the ability to leverage the productive...
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WPI Analytics
What signals exist within our workplace data? The ability to focus is critical to employee productivity and linked...
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Trends in the Legal Workplace
Will the legal office adapt to new working realities? Next-generation legal workplaces must align with an emerging...
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Activity Analysis
Is your work environment aligned with employee behavior? Understanding current workplace usage patterns is an...
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WPI℠ Culture + Identity Module
Does your space reflect your organization’s culture? Expressing brand and culture through workplace design is an...
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2010 Legal Workplace Survey
Do lawyers use the workplace differently? Attorneys report their private office is the prime location for focus and...
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The 2008 U.S. & U.K. Workplace Surveys
Do top-performing companies work differently? Successful companies provide workplaces that value and support all...
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WPI℠ Tool Development
Can employee data drive workplace strategy? Measuring the performance of the workplace across a variety of...
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The 2006 U.S. Workplace Survey
How does design drive business performance? High-performance work environments are an opportunity to improve...
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The 2005 U.K. Workplace Survey
Are poorly designed offices eroding productivity? Over half of UK workers don’t believe their office is designed to...
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LATAM Workplace Survey 2017
How well is the Latin American workplace supporting the region’s knowledge workers, and what are the opportunities...
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Measuring the Workplace Value Proposition
We developed three conceptual workplace design scenarios and tested them to understand how varying degrees of open...
