process

Our strategic process of listening & collaborating for successful designs

The process of designing successful architecture can be complex. At ATPA, we won’t just solve one problem in isolation but help you be more strategic with your thinking even before pen hits paper.

We start by understanding your project brief and how it fits with your wider, longer-term strategic vision. To create architecture that works in its location and for users, we always start by fully exploring the surrounding context at an early stage.

We craft our design response to address what really matters from net zero to rising operational costs or energy efficiency.

Our design process covers four key stages

Listening

Understanding vision /
Establishing the brief /
Stakeholder mapping /
Engagement /
Due diligence /
Strategic advice /
Understanding feedback

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A question of listening and logistical planning

When it comes to school design, the best place to put a new school building is usually where the existing one already sits. At Priestmeads School, a three-form entry primary, we listened to the headteacher about their vision...

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Clear thinking, in-depth analysis and research

Situated in a prominent position on the seafront in Swansea Bay, the SA1 project would involve the purchase of multiple sites by an international developer being brought together...

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Thinking

Research / Understanding context / Identifying constraints / Standards and compliance / Masterplanning / Market viability

Designing

Design solutions / Innovation / Creative brief challenge / Modelling and testing / Stakeholder engagement / Listening and reacting / Collaboration opportunities

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Modelling, iteration, and collaboration for efficient designs

Our client wanted to develop a new manufacturing facility and European Head office for their short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft.

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Transforming facilities through technical expertise

This project in Newhaven saw the transformation of two locally Grade II listed buildings, originally used for marine maintenance, into a University Technical College (UTC).

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