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What can we learn about design from a quantum physicist? What can an industrial designer teach us about architecture. A lot it turns out. Curious Conversations connect the design community with leaders and visionaries outside the industry to explore new ways to problem-solve and find inspiration with fresh perspectives. How do these individuals lead teams and guide clients through unchartered territory? What events in their lives have shaped their career? How do human behaviors and emerging technologies impact their work?

On this episode, also the inaugural edition of Curious conversations, Brandon Carmichael and Tania White get candid with Kristina Libby, Chief Science Officer of Hypergiant, a creator of emerging AI-driven technologies developing world-changing commercial products and solutions for Fortune 500 and government clients. Listen in as Kristina shares insight on her unique role as a CSO, the challenges of AI, and how she creates a culture of ideology and creativity. Let’s get curious!

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COVID-19 continues to force the speedy evolution of places. As we limit the number of places we regularly visit, those spaces are challenged to quickly respond to their changing place in our lives. In this episode of TheSquare, we explore the future role of the office as workplaces become one of our safe places to anchor our life, community, and work. Lindsay Wilson, President of Corgan and Interiors Sector Leader and George Khaler, Corgan’s Interior Studio Leader in New York, make their predictions on how office spaces will not only need to up their investment in workplace wellness but also need to support the emerging fluid worker and our changing expectations of places. From outdoor amenities to onsite food services and Amazon deliveries, the future of human-centered design provides a glimpse into a new kind of office that meets employees where they are.

#WorkplaceOfTheFuture #OfficeDesign #OfficeOfTheFuture

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The Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC) is a multi-billion-dollar modernization program at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), considered the largest public works program in the history of the City of Los Angeles. In this episode of TheSquare, Brandon Carmichael speaks with Brent Kelley, Corgan's Aviation Managing Principal, and Marie Pistor, Corgan's Project Manager for LAX MSC, on their design process and how they achieved its unique design and theme.

As the gateway to the city of Los Angeles, the design goal was to create an elegant and sophisticated structure that complements the Brandley West building. MSC was designed from the inside out to create a reflection of the surrounding city. The interior finishes and colors were selected inspired by its location and are based on the urban fabric that is the signature of Los Angeles. Using local influences, colors, and materials, the main entry point honors the downtown area. As you move through the concourse, the groupings of gate lounges are modeled after the neighborhoods of the area including the beach cities and the inland empire. Taking design cues from the Tom Bradley International Terminal, the original architecture was designed with a coastal city in mind representing a big wave as it is breaking onshore. The new concourse roof is a continuation of this idea emulating a ripple or swell in the ocean, forming the next wave to arrive. From virtual reality walkthroughs with the clients to projecting the natural daylight in the concourse, Brent and Marie dive into the subtle design details that not only make tribute to this global metropolis but also scale the complexities of the environment for a better, more human experience.

#LAXairport #AirportDesign #DesignBuild

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Data centers have found their way into common vocabularies—cementing their place in the market as a critical part of business infrastructure and a critical part of our daily lives. In this episode of TheSquare, Jim Cober, Principal in Corgan’s data center practice, joins Brandon Carmichael to discuss the future of data centers and the impact the evolution of technologies will have on them. Data centers that were traditionally located in rural or remote areas have started to move closer to people and social cores— promoting a new approach to architecture that reimagines the relationship between people and their communities, and this critical infrastructure. Formerly less concerned about aesthetics than functionality, the modern data center will need to respond to the demands for a more contextual, human-centric design that adds value to the surrounding community. Listen in as Jim dives into the advantages of “the data center next door” and how designers are re-evaluating the human relationship with data centers— providing a higher perception of connection and security without an undue burden on the people that live, work, learn, and play next door.

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As the Corgan internship program – unofficially known as “The Pajama Internship” – comes to an end, Brandon Carmichael sits down (virtually) with two student interns, Sabrina Bae and Nino Chambers, to discuss their time with Corgan. The four-week virtual program followed the same spirit of hands-on experience combined with community and mentorship to provide the interns with valuable takeaways for future work endeavors. During their internship, the interns were involved in solving real-world problems on billable projects and pressed further into the fundamentals of human-centric design, learning the role architecture plays in society and its impact on people. Additionally, the interns were split into groups and tasked with a unique design sprint with Hugo, Corgan's research and development arm, to conceptually explore and interpret the idea of 'agility'. In this three-week design sprint, the interns produced tangible deliverables for their portfolios in addition to building a network of mentors, learning directly from professionals in the industry, and using the safe and supportive space to ignite innovation. Listen in as Sabrina and Nino discuss what they learned in this program, how they found balance and collaboration in a virtual atmosphere, and offer advice for future architects and designers thinking about participating in this program in the coming years.

#VirtualIntern #InternPrograms #PajamaInternship

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In this episode of TheSquare, Gabriel Oros joins Justin Dowhower, Commercial Project Architect, to explore how Corgan approached the design process for the new American Airlines Credit Union building on the American Airlines campus. The building's prominent location creates an opportunity for it to become a landmark at the gateway to their new campus. At the same time, the building's architecture complements the overall campus while preserving the Credit Union's own distinct identity. The design was guided by a sense of holistic sustainability and reinforced the Credit Union's commitment to environmental stewardship and the value it places on its people. Thoughtful, evidence-based design wisely allocates resources in a manner that provides tangible benefits to both the building's operational efficiency and employee well-being. As a champion for the numerous sustainable efforts at Corgan, Justin's aligned passion with the clients' allowed for a thoughtful, creative approach to creating an environmentally friendly building. He shares how many visioning sessions with the client shaped the guiding principles to not only focus on sustainability but also longevity and human-centered design. The sessions offered a platform to test new ideas with the clients resulting in a building envelope design that successfully blends science and art and offers a replicable model for future endeavors. Listen in as he shares his most valuable advice for how to probe design opportunities for innovative solutions and how to balance client goals and vision with good design.

#AmericanAirlines #CommercialDesign #EvidenceBasedDesign

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In this episode of TheSquare Emily Strain joins Paige Terrell, Director of Corgan’s Branded Environments practice, and Eric Thoelke, founder and president of TOKY design to explore what brand means for companies and why it’s important to their success. What if there was no logo? What if there were no company colors? Paige and Eric are charged with helping clients articulate what makes them unique — looking beyond a website, company collateral, and those things that are often immediately associated with a brand and tapping instead into the power of the physical space as a single but powerful touchpoint within the larger brand strategy. Aligning the design of an office, school campus, or even a hospital with its core identity, branded environments explore what the physical space can say about an organization, the experiences and emotions it creates for the people that move through it, the unifying culture it establishes, and its potential to transform public perception. Even through the great experiment of 2020 where we can work from anywhere and learn remotely, there is no such thing as not having a brand. Rather, our new normal has created a greater demand for places to come together and celebrate our unifying brand and culture. Paige and Eric share the single most important ingredient to branding success while also probing the evolved value of brand and place to discover new ways to create buy-in, continuity, and a sense of belonging that starts with the physical environment but lives past a single point in time or place. 

#Branding #VirtualBranding #EnvironmentalBranding

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Son of an immigrant family from Lagos, Nigeria, Femi Kareem is a Louisiana-born aviation architect that went from turning toothpaste boxes into airplanes to designing some of the world’s largest airport terminals. Through early personal doubts, Femi has transformed his passion for urban design and people-centric solutions into a career that boasts both large-scale global hubs that reflect the complexity and vibrancy of micro-cities to regional airports that are an extension of the culture and community it serves. In this episode of TheSquare, Femi shares where he finds his inspiration and how it shapes his personal imprint on design as he creates memorable experiences that are not only safe, efficient, and functional but also attractive, welcoming and live in harmony with the people that move through them. Whether part of a team or leading the design process from beginning to end, Femi remains true to his design process: telling a story, finding moments that invoke wonder and tap into the human spirit, and keeping people at the center of design. Listen in as he shares advice for emerging architects, the lessons he’s learned along the way, and what excites him the most about the future and potential of design. 

#Designer #Architect #AviationDesign

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Before you reach for your disinfectant spray, you may want to brush up on your “anti-“ vocabulary. In the midst of a global pandemic, antimicrobial, antibacterial, and antiviral materials and supplies are trending and attractive as we look to keep ourselves safe, minimize the spread of infectious diseases, and create healthy spaces that help to reestablish trust in public spaces. While powerful tools, effective use of these materials requires that we understand their claims as well as when and how to best use them. In this week’s episode of TheSquare, interior designers in Corgan’s healthcare practice, Stacey Brimmer and Carina Clark, discuss the different kinds of “anti-“ materials available, their pros and cons, and best practices in interior design. Combining science and design, they study the intended uses and challenges of “anti-“ materials including topical or heavy metal solutions and mechanical and biomimicry options to provide both caution and creativity for their use in the built environment. From the challenges of biofilm and layers of bacteria to the difference between cleaning and disinfecting, Stacey and Carina adapt what they’ve developed from years of minimizing infection control in hospitals and healthcare settings to designing safer, healthier spaces in post-COVID-19 world. 

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The start of the school year is only weeks away. The requirements on educators, parents, and students will be no different than the agility and flexibility required by the pandemic at the close of the last school year. With so many unknowns and changing directives from local and national agencies, administrative operations and design will need to quickly pivot to provide a safe, welcoming space for students this Fall. Discover how Sangeetha Karthik, Vice President at Corgan, and the education studio is helping districts discover multiple scenarios for everything from food delivery and adapted schedules to learning cohorts and transportation as they navigate the impacts of COVID-19. A combination of short-term adaptations and long-term impacts, the studio taps into lessons learned from Corgan’s other practice areas including healthcare and office spaces to balance safety and the mitigation of infectious diseases with the continued priorities of personalization, community, and hands-on learning. COVID-19 has forever changed the way we think of places including our school campuses. Despite its challenges, however, Sangeetha shares how post-pandemic models, technologies, and design solutions might also provide insight on the ways our notion of learning and campus communities is changing and a glimpse into the future of educational environments.

#EducationDesign #SchoolSafety #COVIDEducation

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