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court space reForm
AUTHORS
Allison McKenzie, AIA
David Sayles
Allie is a registered architect and Associate member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), where she is co-chair of the Academy of Architecture for Justice’s Sustainable Justice subcommittee. She has worked for many years as an architect on master planning, programming, planning, and design projects of various types nationally and internationally. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arkansas, 1997.
David is a Senior Court Consultant at the National Center for State Courts in the Consulting Services division. Mr. Sayles is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design and Planning. At the NCSC, he has 15 years of experience assessing court facility needs and assisting in the delivery of court planning projects.
In 2017 Allie began working with the NCSC as a Senior Architect and court facility planner. The experience has provided the unique perspective of working as an architect on courthouse projects and as a consultant to architects, the court, and county governing agencies. She is particularly interested in helping courts, architects, and planners incorporate innovative and forward-thinking court services into their design projects. In their Denver office, Allie is currently working with Gensler, a global architecture, design, and planning firm. Allie’s projects have been featured in publications including Architectural Record, Architecture and Urbanism, and Interior Design magazines. Most recently, she coauthored What Will Shape the Future of Courthouse Design?, which was published in the NCSC's Future Trends Publication.
Additionally, over the past 15 years, Mr. Sayles has worked on a variety of court process and governance projects including: information technology strategic planning, state level judicial and staffing workload assessments, case management functional requirements, and case flow management studies throughout the country.
As a planning analyst, David specializes in the statistical and data analysis of court workloads and court systems. He assists the court in projecting their future needs through statistical and evidence-based findings. The information David collects and analyzes is used to determine space needs and the operational requirements in the court system. Mr. Sayles routinely has served the role of project manager facilitating client and user idea development, engaging court-system stakeholders, and assisting local communities envision the future of their justice system.
