This is one of the key drivers for smart systems, as the level of data already outstretches the human capability to examine, analyse, and make-sense of it.. Smart systems can provide a mechanism to inform decision making, but the sheer quantity and flow rate of new data also create practical problems.
West Port & Co. .They are now working on a variety of projects from residential extensions, student housing, and even a boutique hotel on the Isle of Skye.. GWS is their first HQ.
Prior to taking the space they were doing a mix of working at home and in coffee shops.‘Moving in here has made me realise that there are some really bad office spaces out there,’ says Shaun, ‘but this place makes you realise that an environment can make you work harder and make you happier.You spend so much time at work, it’s really important.
I feel really happy coming here.It’s a place that is conducive to creating great architecture.’.
Khalifa agrees, ‘having a space has made a huge difference.
The open nature of the building really helps me.It’s an aesthetic which manifests Bryden Wood’s belief that a hospital occupies a special status of building in society, one with such a substantial level of importance and value that it deserves to be signified in the very appearance of the structure.
The physicality of the Circle Reading building is both luminous and reflective, fundamentally optimistic feeling, but also discreet and secure.‘We were able, with Circle Reading, to give the building an aesthetic which was beyond purely functional,’ says Wood..
Beyond its striking glass exterior, lies the building’s central atrium - a sleek, communal space, three stories high and full of light, which houses a reception and cafe, accompanying tables, leather sofas and modern artwork.It’s an area Orthopaedic Surgeon, Raj Goel jokingly, but admiringly, refers to as ‘the foyer.’ ‘Patients say, “Wow, what a great place to work in,”’ he says..