Flexible Interiors and Office Floorplan Design
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how excessive and uncontrolled sound and noise in indoor environments can negatively impact occupants
- Show how operable glass partitions offer greater floor plan design flexibility for tenant improvement and redesigned spaces to improve the overall indoor experience
- Identify and recognize the significance of biophilic design as part of an interior design strategy to promote health and wellness in buildings.
- Learn how returning to closed offices or cubicles designs can be re-imagined with operable flexibility for long-term usage.
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
Flexible opening glass walls within interior environments offer many benefits to next generation office design. They offer acoustical privacy and can help protect employee health. They bring in natural light, save energy, provide flexible spaces for separation between workspaces when required, and better make use of space on-demand.
Learn:
- About products that are specifically designed for STC-critical interior environments
- How operable glass partitions offer floor plan design flexibility.
- That opening glass walls serve as acoustical barriers when closed, then open on demand to provide multiuse space integration.
- How returning to closed space office or cubicles can be re-imagined with operable flexibility.
Photo courtesy of NanaWall Systems
Sara Frank is the education and interior sales manager at NanaWall Systems. In this role, she is focused on communicating solutions to the architectural design community. Sara has been working within the fenestration market for more than 15 years. Prior to joining NanaWall, she was the vice president of Wasco Skylights, where she was responsible for manufacturing, engineering, marketing, and sales. Working with the architectural community for years has given her the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects. As an active member in the Las Vegas chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction and other organizations, Sara stays involved in her local community. |