RESPONSIVE DESIGN
Design for us is “sukriti” – a good creation. We believe that a space that which fulfills its objective is created only when the design responds to all the client’s requirements. That is a responsive design.
In the present times when everthing seems to be a race, being on time or early is the need of the hour for client satisfaction irrespective of industry or project type. We need to be on our toes, constantly thinking about project deadlines and improving productivity.
Our triangle of Time, Cost & Quality is becoming more rigid every day. Highest quality being demanded at lowest possible cost within fixed timeline. We use tried and tested methods and deploy them at the new situations & spaces to get the results. So does this translates into what we desire?
Our initial desire is that the space suffices our requirement or its purpose, but it gets the yardstick of time, cost & quality. Requirement sufficiency or responding to purpose is a difficult yardstick to define. It could be Customers served in an hour for restaurant, Popcorn sold on a movie theater, second time customers in a shop or Employee retention for BPOs.
- focUS ON PURPOSE
Most Clients want to focus on the triangle of cost, time & quality. Architecture & Interior designing needs to focus beyond this and create a design to fulfill the original purpose of space.
What is needed is a thorough understanding of the project and to keep the implementation constraints in consideration also.
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uNDERSTANDING
OUR CLIENTS
Just an example out of my personal experience working with one of the large multiplex operators, the operators make significant business from the confectioneries though the main business is movies.
A carefully thought through design can definitely maximize the sales during the short movie breaks.
Various other factors similar to this in other business or industry can be optimized by design.
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pOSITIVE
VIBES
A very important factor in today’s industry is retaining talent. The office environment is a big influence. The design of office can inspire liveliness, energy, bonding and most importantly can inculcate the culture of the organization to the people. Every one of us has walked into spaces that made us feel happy, energetic, enthusiastic. That could be an office where we would love to work. Beyond the warmth of people who welcomed us in, it’s just the design which makes us feel that way.
- iMPROVING FUNCTIONALITY
Bring innovation by understanding the usage. In an office, it was figured out that the pedestal being used by users was filled with personal stuff and the biggest drawer was used to keep helmet by gents and handbags by ladies. The desktops were sleek and hardly a writing pad was being used. Centralized lockers, smaller pedestals and smaller workstations increased the space usage significantly in the new office. Open offices, convertible meeting rooms, flexible space designs are some such innovations.
