Ohio University's Clippinger Laboratory was built in 1967. Since then, higher education has changed dramatically: scientific research, instruction, and the students themselves. Over the past 10 years, Flad partnered with OU for a recently completed project to reimagine Clippinger Laboratories.

At the SCUP North Central Regional Conference, Flad's Matt Garrett and John Wroblewski will join OU Professor of Chemistry Stephen Bergmeier to examine a process for rethinking a building's vision. They will discuss developing space needs and responding to changing times so the building can continue serving the College of Arts and Sciences into the future.

Join them to learn a set of adaptive reuse tools to guide planning and design. This includes alignment of program and capacity, compliance with regulations, and achieving sustainability and environmental goals.

Learning Outcomes:

• Rethink the assignment of research space to a more fluid model by using as much shared space as possible to be judicious and efficient.
• Discuss how to update a 1960s science building to meet today's growing demands for student study spaces.
• Explain how to work within funding limitations by creating a multiphase, multiyear funding model.
• Make an honest assessment of how researchers are using their buildings post-pandemic and determine how collaboration differs today.