Notes from the Field: A SAGE POE of The Spires at Berry College

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
1 pm ET, noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT

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Webinar

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Presented by

Amy Carpenter, AIA, LEEDap, EDAC – Principal, SFCS Architects

Migette Kaup, PhD, FIDEC, FGSA, ASID, IIDA, NCIDQ, EDAC – Professor, Kansas State University

Leah Cobb, Director of Auxiliary Initiatives & Partnerships, Berry College

Course Description

SAGE has been conducting post-occupancy evaluations in conjunction with EFA Conference + Expo for the last several years. SAGE assembles a multidisciplinary team and targets EFA magazine award-winning projects. This year, the SAGE POE team (sponsored by Tarkett) visited the Spires at Berry College, a 2021 EFA Design Showcase Award of Merit winner. Located on the campus of Berry College in Rome, Georgia, residents have easy access to educational and cultural activities and sporting events, and develop unique and meaningful relationships with students and faculty. Through community tours and interviews with residents and staff, the POE team works to determine what is actually working and what could be improved at this unique intergenerational community. This session provides design inspiration and evidence on good design and intergenerational programming practices that attendees can apply to their next project, or even to improve existing conditions.

Learning Objectives

See why aesthetics are not the only measure of good design projects.

Learn how stated design goals translate into real-life operations.

Hear from a team of multidisciplinary experts in senior living as well as a campus leader on how this building functions for residents and staff.

Discover the value of doing a POE for your design projects and how their results can infuse future design initiatives.

Special thanks to the 2024 SAGE POE sponsor