Harvard Kennedy School of Government - Decision Science Laboratory

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

The field of Decision Science is considered one of the most ground-breaking and least understood areas of Psychology and Behavioral Science. When an esteemed Researcher and Scientist joined the Faculty of a distinguished US-based educational institution, they decided to build a new kind of lab space dedicated to this incredible research.

Working as a dynamic project team comprised of Scientists, Graduate Students and Designers, new ideas were explored and new technologies were developed, catapulting this type of Research Facility to a level never before achieved. BDG brought Architecture, Interior Design and Industrial Design in creating the lab space to facilitate the best that interdisciplinary science can give. Working with everything from color to delicate technical equipment issues, to blend design with the functional aspects. This made managing the behind the scenes technologies effortless for Researchers and invisible to study participants. Since opening, Scientists and the media from around the globe have contacted the Decision Science Lab in hopes of gaining access to visit and study there.

Today the technologies invented to support the lab and achieve new research outcomes are resetting the design model for Decisions Science Labs. While this first laboratory is relatively small, there is so much excitement about the research that will be conducted in the facility, both donors and the School’s Senior Leaders are encouraging the creation of a Decision Science Institute with its own building and educational center.

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