The Foundation – Exploring Physical Needs in Design
Welcome back to Student Success: Built by Design, where our panel of experts discuss the overlap of architecture and education, and how both intersect in the multifaceted concept of Student Success. Joining the discussion are Dr. Joel Peterson, Aurora Ayala, Jennifer Gibb, Andrea Stalker, and Jeff Johnson, who share their unique perspectives on how built environments, facilities management, and inclusive design contribute to better educational outcomes.
In this episode, we dive into the foundational levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs - both the Physiological needs and the Safety needs. Including how clean air, water, shelter, lighting, accessibility, and secure circulation all contribute to the creation of both real safety and also the perception of safety, which can be equally as important. Our experts share real stories from their years in the field of instances of these sorts of challenges that they had to address. Examples include motion-sensor lighting and fencing to address hidden, dark campus areas, and learning lessons in HVAC/air-quality, such as HEPA filtration balanced against staffing and lifecycle maintenance constraints.
The group highlights crime prevention through environmental design, district design standards, and joint collaboration among architects, builders, facilities, and campus police to ensure constructability, code compliance, and maintainability without accidentally creating “bunker-like” spaces in the process.
Episode Guide:
* 03:01 Meet the Panel
* 03:34 Maslow’s Basics
* 05:38 Safety by Design
* 09:27 Construction Reality Check
* 12:15 Pandemic Air Quality
* 16:12 HVAC Lessons Learned
* 27:07 Balancing Building Codes and Creativity
* 32:11 Collaboration and Quality Control
* 37:13 Maintainability Matters
* 40:57 Final Thoughts and Conclusion
The Student Success: Built by Design is a production of San Diego Community College District and is produced by University FM. [https://university.fm/]
SHOW LINKS:
* San Diego Community College District [https://www.sdccd.edu/]
* Measure HH | SDCCD [https://www.sdccd.edu/departments/operations/measurehh/index.aspx]
* Bond Measure HH | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/measurehhofficial/posts/?feedView=all]
* Aurora Ayala | SDCCD Article [https://www.sdccd.edu/departments/communications/newscenter/articles/2024/aurora-ayala-vice-chancellor.aspx]
* Jennifer Gibb | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtgibb/]
* Jeff Johnson | Contact [ jeff.johnson@pbk.com]
* Joel Peterson | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelpeterson/]
* Andrea Stalker | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-stalker-1701101b7/]
* PBK Architects [https://pbk.com/]
EPISODE QUOTES:
Safety as the foundation of SDCCD facilities
06:19: [Aurora Ayala] The foundation of everything that we do, from the interview of the architects that we want to select. That is literally what our chancellor looks like. How will you incorporate design? How will you think of the design when you're thinking of design? Like, how do you incorporate safety? And by that, it's minimizing hidden spots by proper lighting, minimize how to install cameras by how you place the common areas so that there can be line of sight. When we're looking at where we place trees, when they're fully grown, are they going to obstruct lighting? Do we put bollard lighting? Do we put wall stanchions? JJust, like, everything that we think about from the beginning of a program, we're thinking of the safety of the students.
On designing campuses students feel they belong
24:43: [Auro Ayala] What we want is our students to know that this is their area, their community, and if there's anyone that's there, it is because they're there for the same purpose, to take a course, to take advantage of our community college and the community environment that we've worked so hard for.
Student success is built on meeting the human needs
04:42: [Dr. Joel Peterson] Student success is built upon a foundation of meeting the underlying human needs that must be met, or to the extent that we don't meet them, it can get in the way of student success. And at the very basic level are just the most physiologically necessary components. We all must breathe. We need air, and we need clean air. We need to have water and food. We need to have shelter. And those things get brought into the very basic level of design.
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