Building Knowledge: Pathways to Post Occupancy Evaluation

by Alex Tate, Simon Bradbury, Kat Martindale

This report, from the RIBA and the University of Reading, stresses the importance of architects revisiting and learning from their buildings in use through Post Occupancy Evaluation and shows that it can be a simple and straightforward process. It fits into a wider RIBA agenda of supporting the development of the research culture within architecture to encourage continuous learning and improvement in building design and performance, but crucially, also, to enable architects to evidence the value of their work.

56 pages, ebook

Published March 1, 2017