Reimagining Commercial Properties: Integrating Well-Executed Outdoor Spaces to Aid Occupant Wellbeing
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the critical role beautiful, functional commercial outdoor spaces play in aiding occupant/user wellbeing.
- Identify principles of biophilic design and how to make purposeful use of rooftop decks and gardens, outdoor workspaces, public greenspaces and more to improve the physical and mental state of the user.
- Recall which wood-alternative building products make it possible to reap the benefits of biophilic design while delivering usability and lasting style to the commercial greenspace.
- Specify wood-alternative building products that help create health and wellness-focused outdoor experiences across a variety of commercial applications, including multifamily dwellings, mixed-use developments, public facilities, retail/restaurant plazas and corporate campuses.
Credits:
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
This course will explore the critical role well-executed outdoor spaces play in prioritizing commercial building occupant/user health, wellness and productivity. Course participants will examine the principles of biophilic design and how to maximize the usability of rooftop decks and gardens, outdoor workspaces, public greenspaces and more to improve the user’s physical and mental state.
The course will then identify which wood-alternative offerings make it possible to reap the benefits of biophilic design while bringing function, durability and a high-end design aesthetic to the outdoor spaces of commercial properties. By embracing wood-alternative solutions, design professionals can ensure a lasting outdoor amenity that attracts long-term building occupants while promoting safe social interactions, connectivity to nature and access to natural light and fresh air.
Finally, course participants will learn how to specify wood-alternative outdoor building products for a variety of commercial applications, including multifamily dwellings, mixed-use developments, public facilities, retail/restaurant plazas and corporate campuses.
Photo courtesy of Fortress Building Products
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Todd Smith, CSI, CDT, LEED Green Associate, with valuable professional experience and years of building material sales and representation, Todd Smith, Senior Specifications Manager at Fortress Building Products, relates with designers, contractors, and manufacturers. Smith understands their roles, needs, and goals in the construction process passionately and respectfully working hard to provide innovative and team-oriented solutions to better the outdoor built environment. |
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