Purpose

Across the world, many universities are dealing with a pressure on resources, caused by both organisational developments and ageing campuses. Space utilization studies have a strategic role, providing information on how space is being used, thereby informing decisions about the type and scale of facilities that are needed.

Design/methodology/approach

This study reports on the space use measurements conducted at TU Delft over the past five years, complemented by their use to make decisions about the university's real estate portfolio.

Findings

The education spaces of the university are found to perform well in terms of frequency rates and can be improved in terms of occupancy rates. The information helped to support short- and long-term decision-making. The study places of the university have a satisfactory occupancy in some types of study places, while in others there is room for improvement. More research is needed here to understand the relationship between space norms and space use.

Practical implications

The space utilization studies have supported discussions with the student council and decision makers on which interventions are required and which current facilities meet students' needs best.

Originality/value

Not much space utilisation studies are reported in the academic literature, and those that do have several limitations. This study may serve as a best practice for benchmarking by other universities and as evidence in other research for the planned and actual use of university facilities.

中文翻译：

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通过空间利用研究支持未来校园的战略决策：案例研究

目的

在世界各地，许多大学都在应对由组织发展和校园老化造成的资源压力。空间利用研究具有战略作用，提供有关如何使用空间的信息，从而为有关所需设施的类型和规模的决策提供信息。

设计/方法/方法

本研究报告了过去五年在代尔夫特理工大学进行的空间使用测量，并辅以它们在大学房地产投资组合决策中的使用。

发现

发现大学的教育空间在频率方面表现良好，并且可以在入住率方面得到改善。这些信息有助于支持短期和长期决策。大学的学习场所在某些类型的学习场所中占有率令人满意，而在其他类型的学习场所中还有改进的空间。这里需要更多的研究来理解空间规范和空间使用之间的关系。

实际影响

空间利用研究支持与学生会和决策者就哪些干预措施以及哪些现有设施最能满足学生的需求进行讨论。

原创性/价值

学术文献中报道的空间利用研究并不多，而且确实存在一些局限性。这项研究可以作为其他大学基准的最佳实践，也可以作为其他研究中计划和实际使用大学设施的证据。