rikersiv
objective
Create a thriving innovation space on a university campus.
context
The director of Canada's largest engineering school and its key investor asked us to design and launch a disruptive innovation platform that would outperform competing platforms in producing successful ventures with an optimal measure of market readiness.
idea
Using our proprietary space design methodology we aimed to engineer a space where market and wellness considerations would shape the innovation output of researchers. Our commercialization platform would help the university identify innovations with the best commercial potential and highest returns profile.
actions
Vision modeling for the space based on
the university's ethos.
the university's ethos.
Innovation, incubation, and
commercialization platform design.
commercialization platform design.
Stakeholder management and
integration.
integration.
Partnership strategy.
Real estate planning.
Innovation space design and
construction.
construction.
results
The groundbreaking space created by rikersiv is unique and has become the centerpiece of the university's goal to become a premier startup convergence point in North America. With unprecedented commercial applications, technologies emerging from the collaboration have been sold to industry giants like Mayo Clinic and Meta.
