The laboratory estate needs to be adaptable in order to be expanded, contracted, and/or repurposed without significant planning issues, cost, time and impact to ongoing operations.
Run For The Hills.when I ask why they set up shop in W2, as opposed to joining the creative masses in the East End.
His wife and business partner, Interior Designer, Anna Burles, adds, ‘more trees, more parks and we’re close to Notting Hill and Maida Vale.It’s great.’ What’s more, they enjoy every Londoner’s dream of a ten minute cycle commute from their home in Queen’s Park to their GWS base.. Run For The Hills specialises in branding and interiors, making the most of Chris and Anna’s shared aesthetic, 'at the quirky, edgy, end of design.’ Hospitality projects from bars to restaurants, and even a boutique cinema, are where their complementary skills intertwine.‘One informs the other,’ says Trotman.
‘There are lots of benefits...while my team work on the menu design, signage and website, etc., Anna’s team is concepting the interior.’.Their GWS tenure began in 2012 when they simply rented two single desks in a shared space.
Now, having grown in size, they occupy two adjoining studios.
Anna tells me, ‘We love being on the ground floor.Mass production encourages continual improvement in component design and manufacture, speeding up product evolution..
Conclusion: Construction Platforms, a Way Forward.The central concept of volumetric methodologies such as PPVC and MiC is to retain conventional construction practices but simply relocate them away from building sites and into factories.
Conversely, Bryden Wood’s Platform approach has the potential to deliver the fundamental industry transformation that both Singapore and Hong Kong are striving for.If such an approach was applied to the local context, with components tailored for the unique construction and regulatory landscape of each country, a new manufacturing-led approach to construction could start to emerge and set an exciting new example for the Asia-Pacific region.. At Bryden Wood, we are excited to see DfMA playing an ever more mainstream role in the construction landscape in both Singapore and Hong Kong and we will do our best to support the industry in both countries in whatever ways we can..