A Reusable Platform for Stanford Research Groups
A range of research groups at Stanford each needed a web presence, but building and maintaining every site independently was slow, costly, and hard to keep consistent.
Working as the development partner alongside design agency Written, we built a reusable, extensible Drupal platform — a shared foundation of components and patterns each group could adopt and adapt.
The platform scaled across many research group websites, giving Stanford a consistent, maintainable base and a faster path to launch for every group that followed.
One platform, many research groups
Stanford is home to a wide range of research groups, labs, and programs — each with its own audience, content, and need for a web presence. Building and maintaining every one of those sites independently is slow, costly, and hard to keep consistent.
Savas joined this effort as the development partner, working alongside design agency Written to give these groups a better way to get online.
A reusable platform, not one-off sites
Rather than building each site from scratch, we built a reusable, extensible Drupal platform: a shared foundation of components, content patterns, and templates that any group could adopt. New sites start from a common base instead of a blank page.
Designed to be extended
No two research groups are exactly alike. We built the platform so individual teams could extend and adapt it to their needs without forking away from the shared foundation — keeping each site distinct while staying maintainable.
Built once, used widely
That foundation scaled. The platform went on to support many research group websites across Stanford, giving the institution a consistent, maintainable base and a faster path to launch for every group that followed.
Infrastructure that compounds
The most valuable thing we built here wasn’t a single website — it was the platform underneath. By investing in reusable, extensible infrastructure, the work we did for the first few groups paid off for many more.
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