This course explores the issues surrounding the definition of success, how this could be measured, and the potential pitfalls facing clients who do not work with their design team to understand this critical element of a project brief. Topics covered will include how we can reframe the concept of value-for-money as something that is perceived with relativity and provide tools for supporting a transparent working environment where hierarchies of budget vs experience can be clearly managed. The course will also explore a range of techniques that can be deployed to reach different sections of society and more importantly, integrate their ideas into design proposals, as well as raise awarenesses of the difficulties facing the industry at all levels to capture and measure data gaps; “How do you calculate the cost of money saved?” “How do you demonstrate success when nothing went wrong?”, and the potential pitfalls such metrics pose to funding. Learning outcomes:• Practical tools for expanding and managing the definition of success in distinctive and inclusive design proposals • The importance of tapping into data gaps as a source of creativity and commercial relevance • Challenges facing clients and wider teams to communicate the benefits of good design, and how architects can help • Opportunities to articulate the economic benefits of a strong community voice in the design and planning process • A broader definition of sustainability that goes beyond built and natural environments Speakers Pepper Barney Pepper is a co-founder of BiBO with a background in architecture, master planning and urban regeneration. Recently, Pepper’s work has focused on town centre regeneration and supporting landowners with rural diversification strategies. She co-founded BiBO to explore more inclusive modes of architectural practice and consequently developed an “urban room” in Wiltshire intended to gain a deeper understanding of commercial, economic, social, and political contexts which influence the making/un-making of place. Pepper has held a variety of undergraduate teaching roles in the past and continues to value knowledge exchange between all ages as an essential enabling process for sustainable quality design. Lucy Barron BiBO’s head of heritage is an accredited conservation architect and heritage advisor who has worked with private, public, charity and commercial clients in the repair, reuse, and reinterpretation of redundant or underused historic buildings to ensure their continued survival and use. This has included working as project architect on private, public and grant funded projects. In addition to her work at BiBO, Lucy currently sits as a heritage expert and advisor for the Bath Preservation Trust, Design West Design Review Panel, works as an occasional lecturer and design tutor at Bath Spa University, Bath University, UWE, and Oxford Brookes and is a founder member of Architecture Is, an urban design group who encourage conversations around heritage, climate, inclusive design, wellbeing, and the built environment. Recently Lucy’s research has been in exploring methodologies to define heritage led social significance strategies. Harriet Shortt BiBO’s head of visual engagement also works at Bath Spa University as professor and head of knowledge exchange, encompassing her skills as an academic, researcher, and consultant. Harriet has 19 years’ experience in researching and working with organisations exploring space and place. She has expertise in qualitative research methods including visual, arts-based approaches to understand user experiences of placemaking. Harriet is often invited to comment on spatial change and working practices in the media and her research has been published in international journals and won awards for excellence. Harriet is passionate about user experiences and believes that successful placemaking encompasses an awareness of cultural shifts, diverse needs, innovative communications, and a sympathetic understanding of people and their lives. Harriet has recently been nominated as a Woman of Influence 2024 for The Planner Magazine. RIBA Chartered Members are eligible to use their £200 voucher code for this course. For more information, please refer to our step-by-step instructions, terms and conditions and FAQs. Please note this course: Expires after 12 months of enrolment The course was recorded in October 2024 For more information on this course, or if there are no places available, please email us, or call +44 (0)20 7307 5355 to talk to a member of the team. Please view the Terms and Conditions for more information.
