Architecture and Communication in Organizations

Lecture Notes

TIMES	TOPICS
Day One
6-9 PM	Opening Event An opportunity to meet sponsors and greet participants, faculty, and students from the MIT Center for Real Estate, Architecture and Sloan Schools.
Day Two
8-8:30 AM	Group Coffee and Administration
8:30-10:30 AM	Strategy and Design: Why Space Matters (PDF) - Presentation courtesy of Dr. Francis Duffy, DEGW. Used with permission. Prof. Burton and Prof. Duffy present course foundations.
10:30-11:30 AM	Architecture and Communication (PDF - 2.2 MB) Research and findings by Prof. Tom Allen.
11:30-1 PM	Lunch Opportunity to Visit Office Spaces at MIT and Kendall Square.
1-2:30 PM	Collective Intelligence and Information Distribution Federico Casalegno
2:30-4 PM	Marketing, Distributed Work and Reinvention Prof. Diane Burton presents the case of Chiat/Day.
Day Three
8-8:30 AM	Coffee
8:30-10 AM	Architecture of Knowledge Gunter Henn demonstrates how space is changed by networks.
10-11:30 PM	From Consolidation to Innovation Charles Slife and Cameron Roberts present Gillette R&D labs: Slife slides (PDF) - Presentation courtesy of Dr. Charles Slife, Gillette Corporation. Used with permission. Roberts slides (PDF) - Presentation courtesy of Cameron Roberts, Ganteaume & McMullen. Used with permission.
11:30-1 PM	Lunch Break
1-2:30 PM	Discussion of Case Studies and Emerging Topics (PDF - 2.6 MB) - Presentation courtesy of Dr. Francis Duffy, DEGW. Used with permission. Beyond work stations: Themes in strategic focused design.
2:30-4 PM	Workplace Design: An Evolving Practice (PDF - 2.2 MB) - Presentation courtesy of Dr. Francis Duffy, DEGW. Used with permission. Professor and designer Frank Duffy on a series of designs that have changed spaces and attitudes.