Human-centred decisions

Tag: Housing

Coming face to face with real life at the Service Design Academy user research bootcamp

24 April 2019

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Work — Design — User experience

I’ve had a great time over the past two days on the Service Design Academy’s user research bootcamp. These bootcamps are truly intensive. We were working with a live brief in a serious problem space.
Two Tottenham tower blocks at risk of catastrophic collapse

20 June 2018

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Politics — Architecture

Two Tottenham tower blocks at risk of catastrophic collapse According to this article, these buildings have just failed tests that have been in place since the aftermath of the Ronan Point collapse in 1968. …but the problems at Broadwater Farm were only uncovered in the last 12 months. If I’m reading this article correctly, that […]
Derby Street demolitions – aftermath

3 July 2013

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Dundee — Architecture

On Sunday, Dundee’s tallest buildings disappeared from the skyline forever. They were merely 40 years old, but were said to be too costly to maintain and too difficult to rent out. In seconds, these proud, sturdy structures collapsed into rubble — but not without a fight.