Post Occupancy Study Vagelos Education Center

A post occupancy study of the Vagelos Education Center by Diller Scofidio and Renfro focused on representing the found conditions of the space through explicit representation. While my weekly visits to the building began as a purely data driven expedition, counting people and group sizes, much of my interest shifted when I started to listen in on the subjects I was counting. The main activity within the ‘study cascade’ was indeed academic, however, the conversations ranged from research on red meat to cat videos seen on youtube. Documenting this, to me, became a much more useful study when gauging the use of this collaborative environment.

Fall 2017, GSAPP ADR One Course
Bika Rebek