First Group Presentation 04.03.21

Our Presentation

For the first presentation that our group was to present, the presentation co-ordinators made sure that it communicated all the information that the brief asked us to include. This included details like practice name, our ethos or manifesto and statement of the legal business structure, details of everyone’s roles and responsibilities and confirmation of how we will record the process for the submission.

The title slide begins with our logo in a large scale, which shows off our overall colour scheme of our company. Studio 4 is written at the top of the page and written underneath is our name and “An eye for detail” which is a quotation from our manifesto. This title page just gives a simple overview of our firm to give viewers an idea of what we stand for. In the presentation, Luke gives a quick talk on how we came up with our logo.

On the next page, our ethos is written at the top and the legal structure of our business is communicated in a clear diagram at the bottom. During this page, Luke talks about how our ethos reflects the common themes that everyone in our group stands for such as sustainability and improving local communities. Then, to give some background on our business structure diagram, he explains how everyone got their roles in the group.

Page three discusses how our group is communicating. It explains that we are meeting as a group each week and what happens at every meeting. Our itinerary and notes from the latest meet are written at the bottom of this page just to give an idea of what we generally discuss. Luke talks about how the group WhatsApp is used for quick discussions about the group work, but the big discussions generally take place on zoom, 10am on a Monday.

The fourth page of the presentation shows a screenshot of our website, then underneath is a paragraph about the website and how much Archi4 is spending on it. Eléonore then takes over the presentation from Luke and talks about what the website contains, what will be added to it in the future and then discusses how we are using the £100 budget the university is giving us to pay for it.

Screenshots of our blog and our Instagram page are exhibited on page five and Eléonore discusses how both platforms will be used. Our blog will be for recording our process, whereas the Instagram will be used more to show off the Archi4 team and our work.

The presentation ends with a small paragraph about how we chose our legal structure to be a partnership and how that works for us. Eléonore ends on a positive note by saying how we have been working well together and how we look forward to developing designs together as our team progresses with our submission.

  

Feedback on This Presentation

After we presented the details of our practice and the development we have made, we were given verbal feedback on our studio practice set-up.

Overall, our presentation was very well-received as it has clear graphics and a consistent layout which we will continue to use throughout our process work and the final competition boards and exhibition design.

To improve our work, it was suggested that we look further into Foster + Partners and the way that they organise their firm in order to refine our legal business structure. They clearly identify their partners, and it was recommended that we do the same with our firm.

Another point that was mentioned is the possibility of including the details of our brand making process in our competition boards to show how we were able to come together to create an identity that represents all our members well.

We will take these points into consideration as we continue to make progress with our studio practice and the exhibition design.