A work-from-home setup created by an A+I designer.
Architectural Record: Architects Share Best Practices for Working from Home
Architectural Record reports on how AEC firms are adapting to a new work reality that requires designers, consultants, and clients to work remotely. Record turned to A+I Principals, Sommer Schauer and Peter Knutson, to share their experiences.
[F]or construction efforts that are still active, Sommer Schauer of Architecture Plus Information (A+I) notes, “We’ve had to be inventive negotiating quick decisions that normally would be done with all parties in the field.” The principal of the New York–based studio recounted that a project team recently combined FaceTime and Google Hangouts to resolve site conflicts between a general contractor and client, with the project architect updating her CAD drawings in real time.
Further down, Peter shares:
In the realm of workspace design, “The work-from-home mandate has given us a lot of experience with the mobile work styles and tools we often recommend for our clients, and it has increased our design empathy accordingly,” says Peter Knutson, also a principal at A+I.