Planning and organising space is crucial to the academic sustainability.

• A well defined, designed and organised space can make the difference between economic sustainability and unsustainability of programmes.

• The functional organisation of space is a critical factor in staff effectiveness, interpersonal and inter-departmental communications

• Disorganised space is a serious hidden cost in programme delivery

• Space programming is a specialised and important skill.

With almost forty years of experience in institutional space programming, (at both Governmental and institutional levels),in:

• Prisons (click here )

• Sheltered workshops (click here)

• Mental hospitals (click here )

• Schools (click here )

• Grammar Schools (click here)

• Kaupapa Maori Schools (click here )

• Tertiary institutions (click here )

For a broad overview of the issues specifically confronting Academic and Educational Space Programming in New Zealand, click here

I am able to offer a unique service that can enhance new programmes, increase their academic and pedagogical viability, and allow for effective forward planning of programme integration and differentiation. I have an acknowledged international reputation in the field of space and organisational programming. Good space programming operates through a series of analytical levels:

• Strategic Plan analysis

• Organisational /structural analysis

• Personnel inventories

• Existing space allocation audit

• Present and future programme projections

• Future staffing and student projections

• Prediction of spatial needs (space standards)

• Evaluation of spatial needs projections against budget considerations

• Evaluation of space requirements and organisation

• Evaluation of available and appropriate spaces to meet needs

• Evaluation of cost effectiveness of different spatialoptions and configurations

• Recommendations of spatial provisions and organisations to meet programme, budget and institutional requirements.