There are proven approaches to doing this, the problem seems to be the adoption of these approaches.. Our first attempt at the Grand Hotel of Value, was in fact more of a reception.
Sometimes problem statements can be rewritten – part way through a project, answers might be found but the team may determine they are insufficient, and perhaps the very question they are answering needs reframing.Everything has to be fluid.
This approach means that the architect or engineer does not simply design or build a structure; they become part of the business, seeking to solve a problem or open up new ways of working..In one instance, Bryden Wood were asked to design a factory.They observed that workers had to wear heavy personal protective equipment (PPE) to enter a certain room.
They asked themselves, ‘What if we imagined a scenario in which we didn’t need the chemical that makes the PPE necessary?’ Although it was beyond the scope of construction, they realised that wearing PPE for eight hours a day is hot and difficult, uncomfortable and inefficient, at odds with the values of the enterprise.In the end everyone agreed that it would be ideal to eliminate the hazardous chemical.
This focus on the workers’ experience typifies the comprehensive and multifaceted approach of Design to Value.
Conversing and collaborating to the point where imagination expands is the work of Design to Value..The fierce independence and competitiveness of laboratory operations is an antagonist to sharing and cooperation..
Sustainable, future labs.The sustainability of laboratories was high on the agenda.
There was a tacit understanding that designers and engineers needed to sort out the buildings and services and that operations managers would work on what goes on inside the buildings.This may be another representation of tribalism..