Sarah Wigglesworth Architects (SWA) is an award-winning design practice that specialises in low-energy buildings and sustainable communities. SWA believe in a people-centered approach that acknowledges, rectifies, and minimises the social, environmental, and economic impacts of their work, through the life cycle of every project.
SWA’s presentation will give an overview of their practice’s Vectorworks strategy and how this has progressed over time. They have developed office resources, templates, and dedicated manuals to optimise their workflow to ensure continuity and standardisation across projects.
SWA will talk us through one of their recent projects, The Elms, a new residential neighbourhood in Nottingham, comprising 60 homes on a steeply sloping, landscaped site. They will present how this project was set up in Vectorworks to support the design development of housing typologies (plan layouts/space planning), streets, and public realm (sketch visuals and massing), culminating in a coordinated proposal for this new neighbourhood (planning drawings and schedules.)
The presentation will conclude with key lessons learnt from the project and ways in which SWA are looking to continue improving and developing its technological workflows.