archisprint

a different approach to
building design

what is archisprint?

Archisprint is a design process where design thinking and design sprint methodology has been adapted into architectural building design.

what’s a design sprint?

A design sprint is a multi-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

So what’s the purpose of archisprint:

To test if we can cut down DA preparation and submission time from months to days
To test if we can take some of the learnings from the tech industry in product design and apply them to architecture
To try different pathways to creating design.

origins of archisprint

The first clue lies in the word “design” is common to both “architectural design” and “design sprint” so it made me ask the question: If we mash the 2 concepts together what will happen? I guess the answer was architectural design sprint – a bit of a mouthful – which then became archisprint.

Secondly the question that arose in my mind was – If there is good evidence that a design sprint and the tools and techniques lead to better outcomes with fewer resources then why don’t architects do this already?

Thirdly I have learned over the years that people do things the way they do things and sometimes – when you break it down – for no other discernible reason other than: “that’s how it’s done”. This makes sense – if we’ve done something and it has worked then why change. But the problem with this approach – as the taxi industry found out – is that things always change and architecture is no exception.

where’s all this going?

So it was a natural curiosity coupled with a sense of adventure that propelled us forward and in some ways there’s no going back. It has already forced us to re-think our assumptions about how we approach projects and how we work with clients.

Even if the classic multi-day design sprint format is not adopted, there is no doubt that the tools, learnings and principles certainly do apply and will permeate through architecture in due course.

In this website we’ve captured our experience in testing out archisprint so that others can benefit from what we have learned and will continue to do so.

Welcome To Arhisprint!

Archisprint asks the question: What does the future hold for architecture and design? Our starting point was to take tools from other industries like technology

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