Tailoring Science Teaching Buildings

PPAA Winter Conference

January 24th, 2017

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Why Tailoring?

Post Occupancy Analysis

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Three Undergraduate Science Buildings

All Under 10 Ten Years Old

All Roughly 120,000 GSF

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Post Occupancy Analysis

Minimizing Cost

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Focus on Value

Maximizing Value

Dramatization

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Jimmy

Mikey

Jimmy the Architect asks Mikey the Biologist,

“How many teaching labs do you need?”

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Dramatization

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Dramatization

“22”

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Case Study #1

Public Institution Comprehensive College Science Facility 120,000 GSF

Biology

Chemistry

Environmental Science

Physics, Astronomy, and Meteorology

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Case Study #1

Amphibian & Fish Lab

Analytic Chemistry Lab

Anatomy & Physiology Lab

Animal Physiology Lab

Astronomy Lab

Bio-Chemistry Lab

Botany/Ecology Lab

Cellular Biology Lab

Computer Aided Physics Lab

Biology Concepts Lab

Electronics Lab

EveryDay Chemistry Lab

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General Chemistry Lab

Genetics Lab

Geology Lab

Instrumental Lab

Meteorological Lab

Meteorology Lab

Microbiology Lab

Organic Chemistry Lab

Physical Chemistry Lab

Physics Lab

Plant Physiology Lab

Survey of Chemistry Lab

Zoology Lab

Case Study #1

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Case Study #1

The Noise & The Signal

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Roberta Wohlstetter

The Noise & The Signal

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Thermodynamics

General Biology II

Concepts of Electronics

Inorganic Chemistry

General Physics I

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Developmental Biology

Plants and Society

Physical Chemistry I

Human Biology

Animal Behavior

General Physics I (Calculus)

Group Senior Research

Ecology

Analytical Chemistry Lab

Genetics

Microbiology

Everyday Chemistry I

Organic Chemistry I

General Biology I

General Chemistry I

Survey of Chemistry

Concepts of Biology

Anatomy & Physiology 1

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The Noise

Design

Overhead

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25 “Person Months”

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25 “Person Months”

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Maximizing Value

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Maximizing Speed

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General Biology II

Concepts of Electronics

Inorganic Chemistry

General Physics I

Energy

Developmental Biology

Plants and Society

Physical Chemistry I

Human Biology

Animal Behavior

General Physics I (Calculus)

Group Senior Research

Ecology

Analytical Chemistry Lab

Genetics

Microbiology

Everyday Chemistry I

Organic Chemistry I

General Biology I

General Chemistry I

Survey of Chemistry

Concepts of Biology

Anatomy & Physiology 1

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General Biology II

Concepts of Electronics

Inorganic Chemistry

General Physics I

Energy

Developmental Biology

Plants and Society

Physical Chemistry I

Human Biology

Animal Behavior

General Physics I (Calculus)

Group Senior Research

Ecology

Analytical Chemistry Lab

Genetics

Microbiology

Everyday Chemistry I

Organic Chemistry I

General Biology I

General Chemistry I

Survey of Chemistry

Concepts of Biology

Anatomy & Physiology 1

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Case Study #1

More Signal But Also More Noise

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Casting A Wider Net

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Casting A Wider Net

Omission Bias

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Casting A Wider Net

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Case Study #2

Northeast Public Institution Liberal Arts College Science Facility 120,000 GSF

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Case Study #2

Biology

Chemistry

Geological Sciences

Physics & Astronomy

Classrooms

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Chemistry

Geological Sciences

Physics & Astronomy

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Case Study #2

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Case Study #3

Northeast Private Institution Liberal Arts College Science Facility 120,000 GSF

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Chemistry

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Physics

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Case Study #3

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Lab Utilization - Fall and Spring Semester

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Bill James

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Metrics

OBP

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Metrics

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Metrics

PA Plate Appearances BB% Walk Rate K% Strike Out Percentage BABIP Batting Average on Balls in Play AVG Batting Average OBP On Base Percentage SLG Slugging Percentage wOBA Weighted On-Base Average wRC+ Weighted Runs Created

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Dramatization

“22”

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Dramatization

Dramatization

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Jimmy

Mikey Scotty

Scotty to Mikey the Biologist,

“You have eight teaching labs”

“Your utilization of those lab are…”

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Dramatization

ANCHORING BIAS

Planning fallacy

Overconfidence effect

Omission Aversion

Choice Paralysis

Herding

Preference for Stories versus Analysis

Recency Bias

The Bias Blind-Spot

Selection Bias

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Closing

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Selection Bias

Perfect Projects

Cannot Be Easily Explained

Given Almost Any Amount Of Time

Muddled But Not A Good Story

Good Story That Can Be Told In

Under 45 Minutes

Good Story That Cannot Be Told In

45 Minutes

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The

Thi

ngs

that

are

Uni

que

to

You

r Pro

ject

The

build

ing

does

n’t f

all d

own

Focus on Value

Maximizing Value

Tailoring Science Teaching Buildings

PPAA Winter Conference

January 24th, 2017

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