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We aim to create an architecture of local adaptation; to climate,
environment and culture.

Our approach is to attempt to avoid falling into preconceived solutions to design problems through a process of detailed analysis of site and brief prior to any design phase, and have experience in many sectors and at all scales - from master planning to product design. Working with an extensive range of consultants, teaching, and collaborations with architects, craftsmen and artists, all enrich the outlook of the studio.

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Creation of a computer programme in collaboration with ARUP to optimise the design of building envelopes.

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In progress

 

 

Following the previous collaboration with Arup on the Light House, we have been collaborating on the development of software to optimise building envelopes. The aim is to be able to control a number of conflicting variables in the design of a façade, such as cost, views, acoustics and heat gain at the same time as optimising that façade to those variables. The architect is able to control these variables to achieve the balance that is desired with the knowledge that an optimal solution for that set of variables has been achieved.

The software has already been used by Arup on a number of projects as well as with GBA for two competition entries.

CDO: Computational design and optimisation in building practice
by Chris Luebkeman and Kristina Shea
The Arup Journal 3, 2005

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