In Attendance -

Louis Huband

Elliot Clunn

Imogen Bennett

Tommy Fidler

Amnah Yusaf

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Key Announcements -

We have decided on each role for our team members, shown below.

• Louis – Technological Management

• Elliot – Image Management

• Imi – Administrative/IT Management

• Tommy – Financial Management

• Amnah – Marketing Management

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Discussion - 

We discussed what our ethos could be and USP for our practice.

USP Points – Reducing Homelessness, Popup microstructures, low impact, adaptability.

We want to target homelessness in Nottingham and help reduce it. We also decided to start by researching different topics to help guide us in what our ethos could be.

5 different research points

• Homelessness in Nottingham – statistics, particular areas of Nottingham that are affected, relates to social sustainability. UN SDGs (maybe use 'streetcheck'?) Amnah

• 2028 Expectations – Carbon neutral action plan Imi

• Nottingham – low impact locally sourced materials, and sustainable microstructures Louis

• Other firms – how they’re developing and projections for future Elliot

• Precedent studies for homelessness reduction Tommy

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Roundtable - 

Individual Tasks:

Louis – Research Nottingham and sustainable microstructures

Elliot – website design basics (theme etc - Imogen will do the basic page set up), research other firms and future projections

Imogen – a timeline for project/ weekly task deadlines, meeting minutes, start website blog & week one of the internal blog, research 2028 expectations, and Nottingham carbon-neutral plan, set up Instagram page, website basics (set up pages & Elliot can design).

Tommy – Research homelessness reduction projects.

Amnah – Research homelessness in Nottingham and UN SDGs.

TASKS FOR EVERYONE:

1. Fill out these questions:

If you believe people will continue to ask architects to perform their traditional design functions, consider what the built environment will (or ought) to look like six years from now:

• What kinds of practice will be the most likely to thrive in the context of future circumstances?  What kinds of technology will they be using?

• What roles might usefully be played in the future by people with a background in architecture-related skills and knowledge?  What will they be able to do that others may not?

• What additional skills and knowledge will need to be developed by architects planning to meet the needs of the future?  What kinds of experience will they find useful?

• What approaches could (or should) creative industries adopt to ensure survival to the end of the century (or beyond)?  What will be their biggest challenges?

• What new questions or new issues will need to be addressed in the next decade?  And how?  What opportunities might these present for creative practitioners?

• Or what existing questions or issues will need to be addressed in new ways?  And again, how?

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   2. Brainstorm name ideas for the practice & logo ideas.

 

   3. Think of some questions to ask Tommy’s mum relating to homelessness.

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In Attendance -

Louis Huband

Elliot Clunn

Imogen Bennett

Amnah Yusaf

Tommy Fidler

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Key Announcements -  

No notable announcements  

Discussion 

We spent the session thinking of our personal SWOTs and then combining them to create a practice SWOT analysis and help us decide what our practice is good at and could improve on.  

We still need to think of a name and also have ethos ideas ready for the week. 

One name was “untitled architects” and leaving our personal names out of it. So we should consider names similar to that. 

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Roundtable - 

Each does a SWOT analysis and personal profile for the 'about us' section & takes a selfie for the website. 

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In Attendance - 

Louis Huband

Elliot Clunn

Imogen Bennett

Amnah Yusaf

 

Key Announcements - 

We have decided on our ethos this week which will help us develop our practice.

 

Discussion - 

We discussed what our ethos could be, and ideas included splitting our practice into two sections – 1. Quick build structures for housing homeless and 2. Masterplanning with diverse and green communities.

What makes us stand out?  

 

Roundtable -

Tasks for everyone:

Research some more about the topics we’ve been given.

Individual Tasks:

Imogen – set up website basics

Louis & Amnah – Plan presentation?

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In Attendance -

Louis Huband

Elliot Clunn

Imogen Bennett

Tommy Fidler

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Key Announcements - 

No notable announcements

Discussion

We each decided what our strategies would be for each area that we’ve been assigned.

We uploaded those into our excel spreadsheet and started thinking about the tactics of how we could put those strategies into play.

 

Roundtable. - 

Individual Tasks:

Louis – Continue researching and thinking about strategies/tactics

Elliot – Finish designing the website and logo etc

Imi – Get up to date with internal blogs and start posting the external blogs on the website

Tommy – Get up to date/finish the financial strategy, send a personal profile and photo, fill in strategies (will send the headings from lecture)

Amnah – Send personal profile and photo, put strategies for marketing into the spreadsheet (slide is in the chat).

 

 

 

In Attendance - 

Louis Huband

Elliot Clunn

Tommy Fidler

Amnah Yusaf

 

Key Announcements - 

We developed our USP of the R-Build based on our ethos.

 

Discussion - 

We assigned the PESTEL analysis research and research into our clientele. We also presented our ethos and initial ideas for the business to other groups and got feedback.

 

Roundtable - 

Tasks for everyone:

Research some more about the topics we’ve been given.

Individual Tasks:

Imi – Meeting minutes and internal blog

Louis – Write a blog and make a template for research.

Tommy – Begin filling in overheads for the financial section

Elliot – Set up a website, and update with info

Amnah – make social media accounts, write a blog on homelessness

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In Attendance - 

Louis Huband

Elliot Clunn

Imogen Bennett

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Key Announcements - 

No notable announcements

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Discussion - 

We each decided what our strategies would be for each area that we’ve been assigned.

We uploaded those into our excel spreadsheet and started thinking about the tactics of how we could put those strategies into play.

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Roundtable - 

Individual Tasks:

Louis – Continue researching and thinking about strategies/tactics

Elliot – Finish designing the website and logo etc

Imi – Get up to date with internal blogs and start posting the external blogs on the website

Tommy – Get up to date/finish the financial strategy, send a personal profile and photo, fill in strategies (will send the headings from lecture)

Amnah – Send personal profile and photo, put strategies for marketing into the spreadsheet (slide is in the chat).

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In Attendance - 

Louis Huband

Elliot Clunn

Imogen Bennett

Tommy Fidler

Amnah Yusaf

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Key Announcements - 

No notable announcements

 

Discussion - 

This week is focused on our business plan. We looked at a few examples and started with a set of headings to put together our business plan.

Tutorial with Anthony:

Finances – take out page numbers and add in section numbers instead.

Format all documents to the same style as Louis’ Pestel.

Covid – Minimise contact with people for exhibition.

GDPR policies – data protection. Do a little bit of research on how we store the contact details.

 

Roundtable -

INDIVIDUAL TASKS:

Louis – Finish PESTEL document and send Imi blogs

Elliot – Continue finishing off the website.

Imogen – Blogs for the website, set up business plan template.

Tommy – Complete finance document and answer business plan questions

Amnah –  Complete PESTEL, finish marketing strategy and send to Imogen.

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Meeting Cancelled

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In Attendance -  

Louis Huband

Elliot Clunn

Imogen Bennett

Tommy Fidler

Amnah Yusaf

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Key Announcements - 

• We decided on our presentation order and who is doing which section. The running order is below: Introduce Studio Neom and ourselves - Louis

• Talk about our roles

Tommy

• ​Have a look at the website design? - Elliot

• Talk about our ethos and look at R-BUILD - Louis

• Go through our business plan - Imogen

Introduce Research:

• Our Clientele - Louis

• Nottingham 2028 - Louis / Imogen

• Homelessness - Amnah

• Technological Factors - Louis

Finances

Marketing

Future Predictions

• Questions

 

Discussion - 

We spoke about plans for our presentation and exhibition. We decided on the order of speaking and also on some plans to have at our exhibitions. This included bringing plants, having a projector, and also QR codes for people to scan.

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Roundtable - 

Everyone to continue completing their sections and uploading to teams for Imi to add to the business plan.

Elliot to continue with the website to get it finished.

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In Attendance - 

Louis Huband

Imogen Bennett

Tommy Fidler

Amnah Yusaf

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Key Announcements - 

No notable announcements

 

Discussion - 

This week was surgery for our project before the deadline. We didn’t have a lot to ask Anthony but Tommy received 1-2-1 feedback from Simon.

 

Roundtable - 

Everyone continues completing their sections and uploading to teams for Imi to add to the business plan.

Elliot continues with the website to get it finished.

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In Attendance - 

Louis Huband

Elliot Clunn

Tommy Fidler

Amnah Yusaf

 

Key Announcements - 

We finalised plans for our presentation. We need to bring in a plant each for our exhibition table, get the QR codes sorted, and print off business and finance plans for people to look through.

 

Discussion - 

We spoke a lot about our plans for the presentation just to make sure everyone was up to date and knew what was going on.

 

Roundtable - 

Make sure we all complete our sections for SUNDAY. Louis will upload the website and exhibition posters to dropbox.

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