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  • Applied environmental psychology.
  • Human-computer interaction in built environments.

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  • Research-based practice demands agile methodologies for rapid evaluation and application.
  • Scaling research methods is crucial for actionable insights within tight project timelines.
  • Methods like surveys, observations, and literature reviews must be condensed effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce the Design Diagnostic, a composite tool for facility assessment.
  • Enable rapid, triangulated insights into key facility areas.
  • Identify challenges, opportunities, future design drivers, and recommend immediate improvements.

Main Methods:

  • Combines shadowing, behavior mapping, surveys, interviews, photo-essays, and parametric analysis.
  • Integrates field research, user engagement, user feedback, and plan analytics.
  • Employs scaled methodologies to fit time and resource constraints.

Main Results:

  • Provides a triangulated insight into facility challenges and opportunities.
  • Identifies key areas for improvement and future design drivers.
  • Recommends simple, actionable "do-now" changes for facilities.

Conclusions:

  • Combining diverse research methods offers a comprehensive understanding of facility design intent versus operational outcome.
  • Effective scaling of methodologies is critical for resource efficiency in capital planning.
  • Contextually derived insights must be reviewed and applied carefully to avoid generalization.