Resources

Badger reviews research related to the planning of suburban communities, and shares that information with readers outside the design world.

MIT has just made available, free of charge, a useful tool for designers. 

A team of researchers affiliated with the MIT Media Lab and the Macro Connections group are using modern tools to investigate thoughts generated by urban spaces.

Designers are regularly asked to create spaces for confidential conversations to take place.

The Research as Design Resource Packet, produced by individuals associated with the Design School at Stanford, is a useful reference for methodologically curious designers.

The USDA Forest Service i-Tree Tools can be used to assess the “local, tangible ecosystem services that trees provide” either individually or in groups.

The General Services Administration (GSA) has released online a 3-D interactive program to streamline the planning of sustainable office buildings. 

People interested in learning more about the psychology of interruptions, such as “the effects of interruptions in work settings,” should review the website noted at the end of this paragraph. 

Perkins Eastman’s research team (Perkins Eastman Research Collaborative) recently analyzed trends, and notable exceptions to trends, in the design of award winning senior living projects. 

There is a new resource for designing urban environments for those with poor eyesight.