process
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 / stablishing the brief / stakeholder mapping engagement / due diligence / strategic advice / understanding feedback
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…
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…
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
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.
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).
Delivering
procurement / collaboration / supervision / technical excellence / design guardianship / quality control / Learning
