Through analysing each project’s individual context and its data, we are able to continually iterate design responses, engaging with stakeholders to evaluate and develop our thinking..

Rethinking architectural education.With rising tuition costs and evolving industry demands, Satwinder supports expanding pathways into architecture, including apprenticeships and alternative degree models.

Broadening access to the profession is essential for fostering innovation, diversity, and resilience in the next generation of architects..This conversation with Satwinder Samra offers a thought-provoking exploration of architecture’s evolving role in society.From creating inclusive pathways for aspiring architects to redefining how we approach design and collaboration, Satwinder’s insights inspire us to envision a more accessible and impactful future for the built environment..

Learn more about how we support personal and professional development at Bryden Wood.For pretty much forever, on-site or in-situ construction has been the default way of building.However with accelerating interest in Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) and Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), it sometimes seems that on-site construction is falling out of favour..

In 2019, the UK’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) – as it was then called – published an MMC Definition Framework (see my earlier article,.

What does DfMA stand for?).How making things bigger, growing operations tends toward greater economic efficiency.

He was right, in some circumstances.The problem is that such simple rules, although alluring, can be unhelpful or plain wrong in other circumstances..

When lecturing my students, I discuss the dis-economy of scale.How large processes need large peak demands of inputs, how many design factors are not linear so doubling the size of a process can mean 4x or 8x the energy, the time, or the effort.