Keith Fentress
Keith Fentress is the founder and president of Fentress Incorporated, bringing a wealth of expertise in assessment, planning, and space programming projects. His professional strengths encompass change management, program evaluation, and business process improvement, reflecting his commitment to delivering innovative and effective solutions. Outside of his professional endeavors, he is passionate about adventure travel and enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking with his dogs, canoeing, and snorkeling.
This is the third in an eight-part series on quantitative measures used in courthouse planning. This installment focuses on Space standards – the conformance of space with the court jurisdiction’s applicable standards for size and proportion.
Last week, I introduced a new series on quantitative measures used in courthouse planning. Today, I will address the first quantitative measure criterion: Space functionality, the extent to which space supports the number and operations of judges and staff and functions properly for adjacencies,...
I have written many posts about courthouse planning in the last year. From space allocation to courthouse design, we’ve explored these issues qualitatively. In today’s entry, I will shift gears and begin a series on courthouse design and planning from a quantitative perspective.
Over the past year, I have posted numerous articles addressing courtroom layout and design topics and discussed judges’ chambers and courthouse circulation. Each post focused on a single issue relevant to that particular courthouse component in courthouse planning.
Designing modern, open offices that facilitate collaboration requires more than the right furniture and floor plan, we must also design these offices within the context of basic human needs.
