After the COVID-19 pandemic thrust the nursing profession into the spotlight, facilities and schools have experienced increasing difficulty in attracting and retaining talent. Our guests—Dr. Beth Schultz of Manchester University and BHDP Architects Kevin Denman and Jessica Sears—share their perspectives following an enlightening roundtable discussion with nursing educators at independent colleges across the US. Learn why designing functional simulation spaces plays a pivotal role in future nurses’ success—and can impact their longevity in the profession.

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Preparing Future Nurses through Innovative Design

People build environments for many reasons, but perhaps the most important one is an expression of a shared culture. For Total Quality Logistics (TQL), their newly expanded headquarters has become a physical representation of their brand. Our guests Daniel Gabbard, Director of Real Estate and Facilities at TQL; Amy Knasel, Director of Marketing at TQL; and Tom Arends, Design Leader at BHDP, discuss the expansion project and reflect on the relationship between workplace design and organizational culture.

Aligning Organizational Culture with Architecture

Conversations around the intersection of traditional sustainability goals, like energy and water conservation, and the more holistic goals of health and wellness for people and the planet have moved to the forefront for many organizations. Our guests Jeremy Faust, Environmental Sustainability Leader at Fifth Third Bank, and Daniel Lessing and Amy Malmstrom of BHDP, have formed a close relationship as champions for all aspects of sustainability—not only at their respective organizations but in the Cincinnati community as well.

A Human-Centered Approach to Sustainable Design

Students' expectations for their university libraries sometimes misalign with their actual behaviors in the library. Working together, university librarians and library designers can strike the right balance to create a place that becomes an academic hub for a campus. In this episode, our guests Robbie Bolton, University Librarian at Spring Arbor University; Tom Sens, Higher Education Client Leader at BHDP; and Kyle Moll, Intern Architect on BHDP's Higher Education team, discuss research on students' library usage and the implications this data has for library design.

Student-Focused Library Design

This episode, we are joined by Andrew McQuilkin, BHDP Retail Market Leader, and Declan McCormack, BHDP Retail Client Leader. Like a dance, retail design is a creative art form—and like the rumba, the industry sometimes takes a step back before taking two steps forward. After the pandemic, retailers are looking to take those next steps, and Andrew and Declan share insights from shopper data and conversations with leading retailers to make those steps strategic.

The Retail Rumba: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward

In this episode, we are joined by John Kronenberger, Co-CEO of VEGA Americas, and Michael Verdier, Industrial Market Leader and partner at BHDP. John and Michael share how the precision and structure of BHDP’s Design Process mirrored VEGA’s process—and ultimately uncovered crucial design and location decisions for the organization’s North American headquarters.

VEGA Americas: Manufacturing a Headquarters for the Future

The pandemic has thrust the influence corporate real estate has on the workplace and the employee experience into the spotlight. Companies are now making real estate decisions through a completely new lens. Kieran Sherry of Nationwide Insurance and Thomas Neltner of Fifth Third Bank manage millions of square feet for their respective organizations. They join BHDP's T. Patrick Donnelly—who has collaborated on numerous projects for both organizations—and Host Brian Trainer to discuss corporate real estate's effect on company, culture, and community.

The Influence of Corporate Real Estate on Company, Culture, and Community

Great projects often define what success looks like before designing even begins. So is the case for the Altria Headquarters. Julia Bradley, Senior Manager of Corporate Facilities, Workplace Strategy, and Space Planning at Altria; and Don Haunert, Workplace Client Leader at BHDP, join the podcast to share Altria's roadmap used in the renovation of a historic building and an addition. The multi-year project began with success criteria that came from initial strategy sessions—and half a decade later, it holds up.

Strategic Roadmaps: Defining Your Organization's Success

In this fascinating discussion of senses, memories, and emotions, Andy House, Workplace Client Leader at BHDP, connects emotional experience design to neuroscience and behavioral psychology. Andy joins host Brian Trainer to help us understand the science behind empathy and the effect space can have on our emotions during a physical experience. Understanding the power of memories, emotional drivers, and space can elevate designers’ abilities to create not only memorable but also increasingly exciting experiences.

Emotional Experience Design

For Ohio Northern University, realizing the vision for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering building was an eye-opening process—and one that yielded tremendous results. Tom Zechman, Assistant Dean of ONU’s College of Engineering, and Paul Orban, Higher Education Market Leader at BHDP, share the story behind this state-of-the-art building. After more than a decade of research, visioning, and collaboration, the award-winning facility has helped to increase enrollment for the College of Engineering.

Ohio Northern University: Engineering a Vision for Design

DreamBank, a space by American Family Insurance, provides inspirational, rotating exhibits and experiences that enable the community to pursue their dreams. Our guests—Natalie Healy, DreamBank Manager; Amy Malmstrom, Lead Architect at BHDP; and Suzanne Hopkins, Experiential Graphic Designer at BHDP—have collaborated to bring these exhibits to life in the physical as well as digital space. Listen as they share their insights on the exciting challenge of designing installations that inspire while staying true to the American Family Insurance brand.

Building a Space for Dreamers

While some colleges have struggled to adapt to online learning, Galen College of Nursing has maintained high student success and satisfaction rates and has even increased enrollment. Dr. Erin Lentz, Dean of Arts and Sciences, and Steven Carniol, Senior Director of Online Learning and Instructional Design, join Giancarlo Del Vita, Higher Education Design Leader at BHDP, and Host Brian Trainer to discuss the college's approach. Listen now to learn how Galen’s hybrid model prior to the pandemic created a smoother transition for students and faculty—and how brick-and-mortar learning can evolve. 

Hybrid Learning with Galen College of Nursing

How can our eight basic, or biological needs, inform workplace decisions? This week, Dustin Jackson, Ph.D., an organizational psychologist, joins BHDP Client Leader Chris LaPata and Host Brian Trainer to discuss these needs and their influence on the brain as we learn to work in new ways.

Bridging Our Eight Basic Needs with the Workplace

As we enter 2021, a look at the previous year offers a wealth of perspective for what's to come in architecture and design. To examine the implications and learnings of 2020, we welcome to the podcast BHDP's market leaders—Andrew McQuilkin of Retail, Paul Orban of Higher Education, Drew Suszko of Workplace, and Michael Verdier of Integrated Industrial Design. Host Brian Trainer, a Workplace Strategist at BHDP, leads this exploration of the differences and surprising similarities across industries—imperative considerations for space planning and strategy emerge.

Looking Back and Looking Beyond

Trends + Tensions presented by BHDP explores the inherent conflicts between emerging trends and longstanding traditions in higher education, retail, and workplace design and architecture, and the impact those have on the places we all learn, shop, work, and live. Host and strategist Brian Trainer guides conversations with internal and external guests as they dive into real-world problems and how architecture and design can help solve them. Email trendsandtensions@bhdp.com with topic suggestions or if you'd like to join the conversation.

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