Bring Best Spaces to your project.
Whether your team is seeking recognition for established practices or a structured framework for implementing them, Best Spaces provides a pathway for aligning community priorities with design decisions and evaluating outcomes after occupancy.
Best Spaces is for every project, every community.
Best Spaces offers a flexible approach that adapts to every project type, making the framework applicable across education, housing, healthcare, workplaces, civic buildings, and public spaces.
Example Best Spaces projects include:
K-12 schools and higher education
Community centers and civic buildings
Public spaces, parks, and memorials
Multifamily residential projects
Commercial and nonprofit workplaces
Hospitals and medical centers
Project Recognition: Design and Experience
Best Spaces Design Certification™
A credential that recognizes projects for gathering, analyzing, and translating stakeholder insights into responsive design strategies. Projects may achieve Accomplished, Distinguished, or Exceptional certification levels based on the total number of points earned.
Best Spaces Experience Rating™
A post-occupancy credential that reflects how the completed environment is experienced. Ratings are generated through a mixed-methods evaluation that integrates quantitative and qualitative survey findings to assess overall Experience Performance.
Participation Fees
The Best Spaces Design Institute may offer access pricing opportunities for qualifying community-based, nonprofit, educational, civic, and public-interest projects to support broad participation in the Best Spaces program. To inquire about eligibility, please contact us.
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$1,500
Includes:
• Project registration and Best Spaces Index listing
• Public project profile identifying participation in the Best Spaces program
• Project kickoff meeting with a Best Spaces Advisor
• Up to two (2) hours of technical assistance during early project phases
• Discussion of Experience Survey planning and distribution strategy
• Access to Best Spaces Tools to support documentation -
$5,000
Includes:
• Review of submitted documentation
• Independent third-party verification
• Certification determination
• Designation as a Best Spaces Certified Project
• Listing of certification status in the Best Spaces Index -
$4,500 - $8,000 (based on number of respondents)
Includes:
• Administration of the Best Spaces Experience Survey
• Calculation of the Best Spaces Experience Rating
• High-level thematic analysis of qualitative survey responses
• Export of raw survey data for project teams
• Inclusion of results within the Best Spaces Index