Workplace & Space Management

Introduction & in-depth study

The participants:
• analyze the functional, economic and cultural requirements for modern workplace and space-usage concepts in international organizations.
• design innovative workplace and space management strategies taking into account new-work approaches, hybrid working models and space optimization.
• evaluate space efficiency, utilization and usage quality on the basis of quantitative and qualitative key figures.
• communicate design proposals and change processes in an audience-appropriate, interdisciplinary manner using English technical terminology.

Building Materials, Physics & Construction, Introduction to Facility & Real Estate Management, Computer-Aided Design & Modeling

- Fundamentals and objectives of workplace & space management
- Strategic space planning and space management processes
- Methods for space analysis, occupancy planning and utilization assessment
- Concepts of work environments
- Change management and user integration in space changes
- Economic and sustainability aspects (ESG, green building, WELL standard)
- Digital tools for space and workplace management
- International best-practice cases

- Redlein, A. (Ed.). (2020). Modern facility and workplace management: Processes, implementation and digitalisation$dAlexander Redlein, editor. Springer.
- Sacks, R. (2025). BIM handbook: A guide to building information modeling for owners, designers, engineers, contractors, and facility managers (Fourth edition). Wiley.

Portfolio assessment

English

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Lectures, discussions, case studies, group work, field trips, projects

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