Data Driven Infrastructure

She’s currently writing a book about the topic – ‘The Innovator’s Deception.’ She says she’s starting to see multi-billion dollar companies pushing back.

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.I like walking around to see what the other studios are putting up on their walls.

It really motivates me to keep on going and be creative.’ All of the GWS studios have glass walls, which means every stuck-up Post-it note or storyboard is showcased to the world giving away just a little bit of what lies beneath.It keeps the light moving as well as a sense of inspiration between the residents.. ‘We originally wanted a studio in the atrium, but they were all taken.

People love them,’ says Abubakar.

West Port & Co’s office is on the outside of the building where they have the most London of views: the concrete underside of the Westway, a bus depot filled with bright red, double-decker buses, and the railway tracks that will eventually be home to The Elizabeth Line.It’s easy to negotiate your way around.

If, for some reason, I couldn’t go that way, there are fire exits at each end of the building, which I could go up if needed.’.The other aspect of the hospital’s sense of spaciousness is, of course, provided by the rooms themselves.

Supplies Lead Wendy Bonard-Williams comments that her team are fortunate in this regard.‘With the actual store rooms themselves,’ she says, ‘they’ve really thought about it.’.