THE BIG DATA REVOLUTION: HOW DATA-DRIVEN DESIGN IS TRANSFORMING THE PLANNING

摘要

Gregory Janks feels a bit like an impostor at his firm. A self-proclaimed "numbers geek" with a PhD in mathematics and degrees in science and economic science, Janks relies on a much different process for developing and vetting planning and design strategies than the tried-and-true approaches utilized by many of his peers at Sasaki Associates. His rigorous, data-driven methods have opened the eyes of many at the design table, and have helped the firm's clients-primarily higher education and healthcare institutions-tackle some excruciatingly difficult capital planning questions, most notably: What should we build next? And where?