1. AN APPLIED PHILOSOPHY OF FACILITIES PLANNING
Robert A. Francis, Ed.D., HAIA
Vice President for University Facilities
Drexel University

2. GOALS OF FACILITIES PLANNING
Support teaching and research
Improve the quality of campus life
Enhance the public image of the institution
Comply with statutory and environmental obligations
Conserve capital and operating costs

3. GOALS OF FACILITIES PLANNING ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING THREE PRINCIPLES
Dematerialization of mass
Preservation of function
Adaptation of labor

4. DEMATERIALIZATION OF MASS
The continuous process of making objects lighter, using less physical input with less waste
Top: The Sorbonne
Bottom: Illinois Institute of Technology

5. PRESERVATION OF FUNCTION
The ability of space to deliver benefits after the dematerialization of components
Top: Library of Congress
Bottom: Illinois Institute of Technology

6. ADAPTATION OF LABOR
The process by which workers with less experience or artistry than their predecessors are able to deliver dematerialized spaces with preserved functionality
Top: Drexel University
Bottom: JCLS

7. DEMATERIALIZATION OF MASS
Smaller and lighter materials
Scaled-down functional requirements
Improved net/gross
Infill and build-over

8. THE FUNCTIONS OF MASS Support load Resolve lateral thrust
Appeal aesthetically
Top: Oxford University
Bottom: University College London

9. EVOLUTION OF DEMATERIALIZATION

10. EVOLUTION OF DEMATERIALIZATION

11. DEMATERIALIZATION AT PENN

12. DEMATERIALIZATION AT IIT

13. DEMATERIALIZATION AT DREXEL

14. DEMATERIALIZATION AT DREXEL

15. DEMATERIALIZATION AT DREXEL

16. DEMATERIALIZATION AT DREXEL

17. EVOLUTION OF DEMATERIALIZATION
Factory-built components generate
Closer tolerances
Higher repeatability
Greater reliability
Less waste
Than field-erected components
Drexel University: Exterior Panel Fabrication

18. EVOLUTION OF DEMATERIALIZATION

19. DEMATERIALIZATION AND INCREASED FUNCTIONALITY
Though the modern period (ending in the 1960s), dematerialization increased functionality by:
Increasing span
Increasing height
Decreasing cost

20. THE LIMITS OF DEMATERIALIZATION

21. THE LIMIT OF DEMATERIALIZATION
The limit of dematerialization is achieved when increased functionality is no longer possible, and preservation of function becomes the goal

22. SCALING FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
SCUP Planning Standards
Classroom
Office
Study
Support
Storage
General
Subtotal
N=.67G

23. IMPROVED NET TO GROSS

24. INFILL AND BUILD-OVER

25. EXTERIOR FUNCTIONALITY