designing with the community.
As well as this, our focus on data and metrics sets us aside from traditional practices.We are well versed in using this data to evaluate, improve and continuously review our projects.
Data, briefing and lessons learnt lead our design process, and set metrics and tangible outcomes to assess.. Flora Samuel and Eli Hatleskog’s collection of global stories published in Architectural Design outlines the opportunities available for the architectural profession in mapping and measuring the realisation of social capital through architectural design.Although it is difficult to clearly articulate an agreed definition of social value, Samuel and Hatleskog have posited five key overlapping dimensions:.jobs and apprenticeships.
wellbeing generated by design.learning developed through construction.
designing with the community.
building with local materials.. Aside from the self-evident importance of composing buildings that are good for people, the economy and the planet, there is a practical benefit in defining and charting quantitively the social value our built environment can provide.. Design to Value.Although the reality of this situation is actually invisible to most people, it’s imperative that we start doing more than we’re currently doing.
Nuclear power could become a key part of our decarbonisation strategy, and we’re starting to see an interesting shift take place.The traditional, anti-nuclear left is beginning to become marginalised.
In fact, Gogan says that the representation from nuclear, and the appetite for these new nuclear, advanced heat technologies, was strong at COP26.She’s also pleased with the decision to have an annual holding to account, rather than the five year timeframe we’ve previously been using.