Her proactive approach ensures a high standard delivery of projects that encourage innovation and bring disruption to the industry.. Maria is an experienced Architect (ARB) with a specialism in computational design and holds an MSc in Adaptive Architecture and Computation from the Bartlett School, UCL.. Maria has presented her work in automation and design internationally.Felicity joined Bryden Wood in December 2021, after consulting for the company for several years.. She leads external affairs which includes media relations, corporate profiling and client communication liaison.. Felicity has almost 20 years’ experience in corporate communications, gained both for global agencies and in-house, covering sectors including hospitality, food and drink, film and music, tourism, healthcare, interior design, research and insight, and government-led behavioural change programmes.. She has represented public and private companies, and worked for several well-known CEOs in the UK and internationally.. Felicity studied English Literature at UCL and lives in Hackney, London.Nicola joined Bryden Wood as an Associate Director within the.

Existing offices may lack sufficient common areas or can pose problems for lab material and personnel flows throughout the wider building.. Office elevators sometimes aren’t big enough to transport larger lab equipment (e.g.some automated bioreactors and liquid handlers) or HVAC and utility plant, which can only be broken down so far, and just because these items aren’t required on day one, an assessment should be made on potential future needs..

Welfare facilities will need to be provided somewhere in the building, with food, drink, toilets, showers, and break areas typically kept outside the main lab space.Furthermore, given the increasing competition to attract talented scientists and lab technicians, more luxurious social spaces such as gyms and chill-out areas are becoming the norm.Office buildings that already provide these facilities may be more cost-effective overall..

Complications can arise where elevators, corridors, and external areas used to store or transport critical, sensitive, expensive, hazardous, or large volumes of materials are then shared with office or other lab tenancies.In some cases these issues will be covered by regulations and can therefore impact health and safety or quality compliance.

Further considerations include containment and contamination control, building security and opening times (e.g.

for 24/7 lab operations), shared lab functions (e.g.However, without this context there is an inevitability that the true opportunity for value delivery will never be achieved.. Our Design to Value book, gives many examples where a multitude of stakeholders are brought into the arena of problem definition, problem solving, and design.

When this happens not only are exquisite solutions found, but there is positive change enacted through the engagement itself..Professor John Dyson spent more than 25 years at GlaxoSmithKline, eventually ending his career as VP, Head of Capital Strategy and Design, where he focussed on developing a long-term strategic approach to asset management..

While there, he engaged Bryden Wood and together they developed the Front End Factory, a collaborative endeavour to explore how to turn purpose and strategy into the right projects – which paved the way for Design to Value.He is committed to the betterment of lives through individual and collective endeavours.. As well as his business and pharmaceutical experience, Dyson is Professor of Human Enterprise at the University of Birmingham, focussing on project management, business strategy and collaboration.. Additionally, he is a qualified counsellor with a private practice and looks to bring the understanding of human behaviour into business and projects.. To learn more about our Design to Value philosophy, read Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology by Professor John Dyson, Mark Bryden, Jaimie Johnston MBE and Martin Wood.