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Date/Time: November 1, 2025 | 9:00 – 10:30 am
Room: 151-152
Audience: Architects, Engineers, Educators, Facility Personnel, Contractors / Suppliers / Manufacturers, Consultants
Call to Action:
Broaden the design and educational communities’ awareness of equity and inclusion. Promote measurable criteria for how design can increase equitable inclusion and full participation across human differences
Abstract: The Community-Informed Design for Innovative Environments (CIDIE) Standard is a new certification program that supports designers and building owners in gathering insights through community engagement and translating the data into tangible design solutions. This presentation explores the application of the CIDIE Standard in case studies of two nationally significant school projects. Dr. Victoria Lanteigne, Founder of CIDIE and the Chief Executive Officer of Avant Buildings Lab, will open the panel with an introductory overview of the CIDIE Standard and outline criteria required for CIDIE Certification during design and post-occupancy phases. Nicola Springer, Partner & Managing Director, PK-12 Practice at Kirksey Architecture and Marcus Adrian, Partner & Market Lead – Learning Environments Innovation at Mackey Mitchell Architects, provide a deep dive into the community-engaged design processes used in the design of two nationally significant school projects. After reviewing the process and outcomes of each project, panelists will then engage in an interactive discussion about how the CIDIE Standard informed overall design strategy and influenced specific decisions throughout all phases. Topics will begin with the identified CIDIE Goals for each project that emerged from community engagement, and trace those goals through incorporation into design. Additionally, Ms. Springer will discuss the intent and significance of adopting the CIDIE Standard across a portfolio of Kirksey projects. The audience will be engaged throughout the discussion with time for Q&A.
Learning Objectives:
Design of Educational Facilities
Aligning Educational, & Community vision with design to support a regenerative mindset for a sustainable and future ready Educational Facility.
Victoria is a social impact researcher and Inclusive Design expert working to improve the built environment, products, and systems with her proven ability to lead and execute all phases of user-centered qualitative and quantitative research methods. She is a WELL AP and WELL Faculty member with the International WELL Building Institute and a Universal Design Certified Professional. She holds a PhD in Design from NC State University College of Design.
With over 25 years of educational design experience, Nicola believes that architecture and the process of design should inspire creativity, engage all users, and promote a sustainable, healthy and happy existence. She has received AIA Houston and AIA Austin Design Awards, the prestigious TASA/TASB Caudill Award for Texas School Architecture, and most recently a 2024 TxA Design Award. She holds a BA in Architecture from Princeton University and a Master of Architecture from Rice University.
Marcus has spent over 25 years designing schools and classrooms that maximize human potential, building a national reputation for pioneering strategies to improve visual and acoustical design for students with sensory and cognitive special needs. He has presented at dozens of national conferences, has a talk featured on TED.com, and delivered a 2009 US Congressional Briefing in support of legislation requiring classroom acoustics standards.
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Phoenix Convention Center
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October 29-November 1, 2025
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