Workplace Crafted: Recent Episodes
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What makes a workplace work? Workplace Crafted explores the impacts of a post-pandemic world on how we work, how we come together, and how we create ideas. From design approaches to broader conversations on the workplaces’ impact on our cities and sense of place, Workplace Crafted digs into environments that work.
In this episode of Workplace Crafted, Timothy Hawk, FAIA, and Alex Nyktas, AIA, discuss the blurring lines between the workplace and community environments, and how flexibility, technology, and the digital space impact design.
In this episode we discuss the blurred lines between the various demands on educational space, and how many of the same challenges we're grappling with in workplace design are being considered in academic settings.
In this episode of Workplace Crafted, we are joined by WSA Design Manager, Kurt Miller, AIA. The conversation dives into the philosophical approaches and creative challenges that architects and designers face when dealing with adaptive reuse and urban intervention.
In this episode of Workplace Crafted, we consider the broader issues impacting our planet, and the architects role in helping solve those issues. With Sustainability being a core value, we hope this episode sparks discussion on how architects and designers can be more impactful and take a new approach to practice.
In this episode of Workplace Crafted, we are joined by Quality Managers, Kai Raab, AIA, and Geoff Gay, AIA. This conversation focuses on the impact of Technology on architectural practice, and the changes within the profession that are emerging, as we grapple with the acceleration of technological change.
In this episode of Workplace Crafted, we're joined by Aleah Springer, AIA, a WSA project architect, Tyler Hatton, Assoc. IIDA, a WSA interior design specialist, and Ben Moody, a WSA architectural design specialist. The conversation focuses on crafting narratives in design. As designers from different backgrounds and in different stages of their careers, we ask our team how they approach storytelling through design.
Timothy Hawk, FAIA, and Lauren Miller, AIA, hold a discussion on how we deal with design trends, adapt to change, and how deep research can improve the design process.
In our second episode of Season 2 of Workplace Crafted, we talk about the "exurbs" as an office destination. Joining us on the episode is Andrew Boyd, President of Blue Label Packaging Company. Andrew talks about how the unique location of Blue Label between metropolitan Columbus and Appalachian Ohio has impacted recruitment, and how they've been able to provide a world-class destination for their employees.
Ryan Gann, AIA and Timothy Hawk, FAIA discuss the impact of the workplace on a larger scale. How do workplaces shape our sense of place? How do they shape our cities? And how do they become destinations?
In our fourth episode of WORKPLACE CRAFTED, we facilitate a dialog around the topic of Co-Working. Through our partnerships we're beginning to explore how this idea of community building or creating destinations for work will play out as time progresses in this post pandemic environment.
This episode turns to how design teams can learn lessons from their projects, which can help to evolve client group strategies and design response. So in some ways, we're exploring how design steers strategy and then in turn how strategy continues to elevate design.
In our third episode of WORKPLACE CRAFTED, we have an internal WSA conversation that discusses the corporate culture in a post pandemic workplace and explains how our talent arc design facilitation process can be a key to your teams success.
In our second episode of WORKPLACE CRAFTED, we begin to discuss how we leverage specific strategies, to get to the core of the criteria, and create great designs.
Welcome to WORKPLACE CRAFTED. Over the next several months, WSA and a collection of interesting guests will explore the future of workplace in a post-pandemic environment. Shoutout to executive producer Ryan Gann, AIA, our workplace strategy team including Tim Hawk, Jess Hamann, Lauren Miller, Matt Kisseberth, and Carolyn Price. Special thank you to Tommy Hecker who provided us with our amazing intro and outro music and Amber Aitken for her continuous encouragement.