‘In the summer, it’s so sunshiney, some people wear shades,’ she says.
International Women’s Day is quite a big topic in the industry because there are more men in leading roles.It is more male dominated at the moment, but I don’t think it’s something that can’t change and I would say that it’s becoming more of a nice mix.
I see more and more women participating, especially coming from academia and those joining the industry too..The ethos of the office at Bryden Wood is very good and very strong in terms of letting everybody, both men and women, participate and provide opinions that are heard.. We’re working on a bigger effort here...trying to demystify the [robotics] technology for as many people as possible, so that we are all on the same page as we try to implement and adopt it within the construction industry...If we’re talking about offsite construction, automation is essential to scale up.
I think it’s really important to rethink the construction process and that’s where robotics and advanced fabrication technologies help.’.ANNA KAPANI - COMPUTATIONAL DESIGNER.
'I feel that there’s nothing that can stop me.
I'm very young and I’ve just started out, but I don’t want to always have in the back of my head that it might be more difficult because I’m a woman.There is an opportunity to work and think differently; no longer do you have to assume that working for and with the environment will push a project over budget or make it untenable..
While form might follow function, function is much more complicated today.And this will only increase over time.
As the environment changes and technology shifts, more – and more complex – gears emerge.Design to Value seeks to future-proof modes of design to create a more agile space in which accelerated and increased challenges can be adapted to.