That’s what the job is – or should be – and architects should be allowed to do their job to the best of their abilities.
During the most recent years he is been leading the early design development of a. new type of rehabilitative prison.for the Ministry of Justice.. Steven also holds a Diploma in Advanced Studies in Multimedia Technology and Virtual Reality and prior to working at Bryden Wood gained five years of experience designing and implementing data-driven web applications.
He is using the skills acquired in this field to standardise the approach to the briefing and decision making processes for architectural projects and develop an evidence-based approach to architectural design..The most advanced implementation of this approach has been for GlaxoSmithKline.Together with Martin Wood, and John Dyson (Vice President Global Capital Projects) Steven has developed an approach, called the ‘Front End Factory’, that has been in use by GSK for about two years now to make high level strategic decisions about all their capital investments worldwide..
Recently, Steven also obtained a Diploma in Advanced Architectural Studies (The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London).This course brings together within a single theoretical and analytical framework, known as Space Syntax, the study of architecture from the scale of buildings to entire cities.
The course is closely linked to the Space Syntax Laboratory, one of the world’s leading architecture research groups, which forms part of the Bartlett’s ‘Space’ research group.The discussion praises the strategy's long-term vision, focus on key sectors (advanced manufacturing, life sciences, digital), and systemic approach to economic issues.
However, it examines the absence of a detailed 'industrialisation strategy,' highlighting gaps in integrating academia with industry, supporting early-stage investment, and overcoming cultural barriers to productivity.Take Company A that wants to deliver affordable quality housing as part of a long-term secure investment of funds.
To do this they need to develop a product, get it built by a Developer, and attract people to live in the accommodation, Dwellers.The designer of the product could develop a very simple value landscape using the Kano model (a product value model) where Threshold Attributes are minimum standards, Performance Attributes are the-more-the-better and Excitement Attributes are just that.
Through doing this, the designer can start to see incongruities in the value chain..The conclusion may be drawn that although there is alignment between Company A and the Dweller, with affordability matching the lower returns; the great-place-to-live matching the social change agenda; and the habitability matching the reputation, there are some discrepancies with the Developer.