HOW TO HANDLE FUTURE CHALLENGES? Stockholm 2014-04-03 White is the 3rd largest architectural company in Europe 715 employees Employee owned with 440 shareowners 115 are partners Turnover 97M € / 127M $ Part of revenue goes back into Research and knowledge production through: - Study trips on architecture since 1952 - An open foundation – ARQ since 1970-ies Yearly White budgets for: - White knowledge networking since 1980-ies - Education/knowledge sharing since 1980-ies - White Research Lab since 2012 Innovation is at the core of our practice and culture and we invest heavily in research, development and training. We have built up our research capabilities over six decades to support our projects with latest developments, needs and opportunities, trends and behaviours. A network operates throughout the practice to share experiences and lessons learned. SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING COMPLEX BUILDINGS AND PROGRAMS TECHNOLOGY & DESIGN Societal development needs a knowledge production based on a holistic approach. Multidisciplinary knowledge has the potential to address the global challenges that the world face. Through the architect practice White has for many years developed a multidisciplinary approach based in iterative processes where different skills meet to tackle complex quests, discover and explore important new issues and drive sustainability forward. Environmental disciplines merged into Whites practice in the 90-ies and Social anthropology disciplines 2009. Architecture Interior Design Building Antiquarians Engineers Lightning Designers Residential Architects Project Management Product Designers Landscape Design Masterplanning Sustainability Experts; chemists, biologists, , energy engineers, social anthropologists… DeSearch, digital design strategists DIFFERENT WAYS TO RESEARCH In-depth studies Collaborative studies Evaluations International research collaborations Appling Research Findings in practice Doctoral thesis USING Theme study trips Competitions Traditional projects Product development Project development – pilots Stakeholder seminars/workshops AS LABS FOR KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Cape Town - post apartheid, post world cup- urban design, architecture & football Nairobi – the power of urbanization and cultural challenges STUDY TRIPS - CHALLENGES New Orleans – rebuilding New Orleans, 5 years after Katrina Mumbai – growing middle class and informal urban structures, etc. 10 april 2014 >> White Pro bono work in Nairobi together with GoDown >> SIDA work with structural plan feeding into the coming Masterplan >> Side Event at World Urban Forum nr. 7 in Columbia COMPETITIONS – A LAB TALKING TO THE KIRUNAINHABITANTS USING RESEARCH RESULTS IN PRACTISE USING RESEARCH RESULTS IN PRACTISE WHITE RESEARCH LAB IN TRADITIONAL PROJECTS SIMPEL APPLICATION PROCESS WITHIN WHITE >> over 50 R&D projects started KATSAN – A TEST LAB Testing prototypes: here a facade element growing in different directions; east, west, north and south. A White Research Lab together with NCC. 10 april 2014 10 april 2014 10 april 2014 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Protected Strip Product characteristics: flexibility and constraints Design: White arkitekter AB Width: 143 mm, 122 mm, 70 mm. Length: 600–7,000 mm Solar absorption: 96% ±2% Thermal emission: 7% ±2% Surface coating method: magnetron sputtering in a vacuum, single or double-sided. AS DEVELOPERS First competition set up for energy consultants >> in Sweden, influenced the developers and real estate owners to ask for integrated design teams 2000-2002 STOCKHOLM OFFICE, SID Expertise; architecture, landscaping, project management, environment, energy, interior design PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AS PILOTRESEARCH >> 2000-2002 STOCKHOLM OFFICE, SID Expertise; architecture, landscaping, project management, environment, energy, interior design PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AS PILOTRESEARCH 2002-2005, LOW COST RENTAL 2009 – 2011 LOW RISE 2009-2012 OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING INTEGRATION Expertise; architecture, landscaping, Expertise; architecture, Expertise; architecture, project management, lighting, landscaping, project management, landscaping, project management, environment, energy, parametric environment, energy, interior lighting, environment, energy, BIM design, BIM design PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AS PILOTRESEARCH KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS For us, sustainability means taking responsibility. Monica von Schmalensee, CEO White Founder and Chair of the Swedish Green Building Council. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (IEA) Collaborative International Research for a fossil free future, Swedish lead in Task 41 and 51 on Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning with Lund University Long term initiatives on competence of research recruitments, adjunct positions and professors as well as industrial PhDs within our strategic themes for R&D. Jonas Runberger, Head of Desearch at White and adjunct Professor in digital design at KTH. Research become a strategic tool in architectural practice At White research consciously used to produce new needed knowledge also used to develop the architecture and design and to develop the firm itself broad range of different research approaches, methods and traditions Work culture based on knowledge networks and in line with theories on innovation and knowledge integration of research and practice triggers new solutions and approaches to meet contemporary challenges A call out – for a curiosity driven collaboration searching efficiant solutions for: · · · a fossilfree energy society CO2 neutral materials and energy supply integration of ecosystems Within Cradle to cradle, benefitting a circular and more balanced economy elise.grosse@white.se marja.lundgren@white.se 10 april 2014