What struck me most, though, was the very human and humane way people came together - caring about those wishing to catch their flight to New York, caring about one of the passengers who started to feel ill, finding space where there seemed to be none; and the humour, sharing stories, and keeping each other’s spirits up.. My sense is that we can always see the future as dark and full of threat.
In addition to bringing fresh eyes and ideas to every project, we also build on the learning that we gather from other projects.Our early work with Circle Reading Hospital provided us with excellent foundations: for that project we conducted extensive research into the use dynamics of a hospital, optimising the layout to deliver a hospital with a design that allowed a significantly improved experience for both staff and patients.. Our intention was to develop a set of standard processes and techniques that we would apply to all of our healthcare design projects, while allowing for the specific brief for each facility.
Over the years, we have continually refined and improved these common elements to improve the efficiency of production of design information and the quality of the end product,.while also delivering certainty of cost and programme.. We brought all of this learning to Birmingham.As at Reading, our primary focus was on the quality of the user experience for patients and staff, as well as the efficiency and usability of the building..
In 2012 we won the Best Patient Experience Award for Circle Reading at the Building Better Healthcare awards.. Hospital Design for flexibility and change.We also worked hard to make sure that the design of the hospital was flexible and adaptable.
One recurring issue with hospitals is that the technology they house develops at pace and, as we have seen this year, the demands hospitals face can change very quickly.
Both of these mean that traditional approaches to hospital design and construction come with obsolescence as standard.. Our intelligent design, on the other hand, had future-proofing and flexibility built in.Design is too manual, it’s too slow, it’s not transparent or traceable, labour is wasted, and effort is invested into the wrong parts of the process.
Nearly everyone in the Creative Technologies team is an architect or engineer who has experienced this first hand.No-one will want to be an architect if it’s boring.
But architects’ potential impact on the built environment is constantly smothered because they have to do a ton of boring stuff and can’t focus on what they want to be doing and where they can add the most value; which is the clever, creative stuff.. Software next.The software we use in the construction industry is designed (as for every industry) to appeal to a wide audience and to deliver functionality to the largest number of users.
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