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HALEY MCLANE, HALEY MCLANE: INTERIOR DESIGN.Being in the game of designing offices for startups,.

knew exactly what she wanted from her own space and it wasn’t a homogeneous desk rental.Previously she had been working out of a converted whisky distillery in the US city of Boston, so she wanted something that would stand out from the crowd.On arriving in London, she looked at a lot of other potential office suitors and found they were mostly ‘a bit shabby.’ However, as soon as she saw the GWS space she was blown away by the quality of the build and its finish.. She particularly liked how all of the studios were completely customisable, so she was able to bring her own vision into how her space would look, but ‘as soon as you step outside, you get to be part of someone else’s bigger vision,’ she says, gesturing up to the large atrium and studios above.

‘That is so cool.’ She was also attracted to being part of a wider community of artists and designers.‘It’s so motivating to look out and see people grinding away - everyone here works so hard.’ She’s right.

As you walk around the central space there are models clad in towelling robes waiting to shoot Orlebar Brown’s latest swimwear campaign.

Then there are the chalked-up notice boards advertising jewellery designer, Daisy’s latest sample sale.Working with the main contractor, Graham Construction, and sub contractor MSL Engineering Ltd, Bryden Wood made extensive use of BIM to solve the complex challenges to mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineers, such as heating large spaces, solving significant air handling challenges, mitigating the risk of condensation from the pools and managing CO. 2. levels efficiently in exercise areas.. Collaborative working.

Bryden Wood built a detailed BIM model for M&E, which was key to effective collaboration between all stakeholders from contractors to the client, Barnet Council.The virtual environment made it clear how a design detail or proposal would look, and fit, as you can see from the images.

More importantly still, it showed all stakeholders how different systems and proposals would.allowing many different solutions to be evaluated, so that the best one could be found.. Optimised energy use.