Planning & Development
What is Space Planning?
Space planning is the discipline of arranging program — rooms, workstations, circulation, support spaces — within a building to meet functional requirements, codes, and experience goals. It spans quick test fits through detailed furniture layouts.
In practice
Workplace teams plan against utilization data and hybrid-work policies; AI layout tools generate options against program rules; and occupancy analytics close the loop by measuring whether the plan works in use.
Tools for Space Planning
Saltmine
End-to-end workplace design platform: programming, algorithmic layout generation and design collaboration for corporate real estate.
qbiq
AI planning and visualization for layout alternatives
laiout
Office layout design automation
Maket
AI-driven residential planning and design
TestFit
Real-time site feasibility and unit mix optimization
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