REDESIGNING THE EXPERIENCE of Academic Community

GREAT DESIGN EMERGES when programmatic requirements are not only satisfied but become aspects of a compelling and enduring human experience. Grant-WTW architects have devised a process—Focus Week—that helps it understand and respond to the critical experiential dimensions involved in designing a building. In this case study, Linda Hartman, with Jon Grant's input, shares a snapshot of the Focus Week methodology as it was used in the design of a dining hall for Salisbury State University, in Maryland.