Negroni Talks11 Maalis 2020

Negroni Talk #20 - 09.03.20. Tinder Tender Procurement Lies

Procurement is a pain. For architects seeking work in the public sector, progressive design & building knowledge is often overlooked for the cheapest and quickest means to meet the end. The requisite qualification seems to be held within organisations and methods that are perceived as being ‘risk adverse’ and in those parties who can offer fees that are just crazy small. Part of this problem is how the public sector is required to comply with OJEU standards and the accompanying bureaucracy. The alliance between private and public bodies, whilst deemed necessary in our current times, remains unperfected and flawed. If a post-Brexit economy is to be better as some proclaim, then will Britain’s public sector both simplify and open up its tendering procedures to alternatives, so that maybe architects with smaller, more dynamic and hungrier practices can win a job once in a while? Can public projects take on a new dimension through their delivery. We doubt it. The clues are in the Grenfell tragedy: a multitude of invested interests, subcontracts and cutting corners at many levels being a structural problem through its procurement. The bidding for public work may be competitive and no doubt in many cases ‘rigged’ through frameworks of bidding, so we ask if there is scope for new forms of competition, new ways of assessing what is of value, and how to ensure a culture of attaining value for money exists and becomes the norm. Can there be a public sector emancipated from conservatism, blown budgets, and the inefficiencies and fears of Little Britain politics? Speakers: Russell Curtis, RCKa (Chair) Rae Whittow-Williams, Greater London Authority Merlin Fulcher, Architects' Journal Hilary Satchwell, Tibbards Lisa Woo, Enfield Council

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Negroni Talks #S14 - Is Architecture Coming Round To The Circular Economy?

The UK public love The Repair Shop on TV, as grandad’s favourite old toy is given a new lease of life. Sadly, in terms of the climate crisis, the re-use of objects has a pretty negligible impact compa...

18 Loka 202458min

Negroni Talks #S13 - QUEER EYE FOR THE RESI: A Challenge To Housing Conventions

The different typologies of building and space in which we live are broad and disparate, as housing models have evolved over the centuries to suit different needs. From cellular abodes to open-plan sp...

12 Syys 20241h 26min

Negroni Talks #48 -Pressing Problems: Architecture (Un)Covered?

Architects don’t just design buildings, they also ‘craft narratives’ to help explain them. Storytelling and the art of telling a good story plays an important role in successfully getting permissions ...

12 Elo 20241h 28min

Negroni Talks #S12 - Fit For Purpose: Are Architects Built For The 21st Century?

Do we think that architects are fit-for-purpose in the 21st century? The world is seemingly changing at an incredibly rapid pace, with the needs of clients and society in a state of constant flux. Str...

22 Heinä 20241h 44min

Negroni Talks #s11 - Westward Ho! From Ealing Green to Old Oak Common

Sir John Soane built Pitzhanger Manor at a time when Ealing was considered a nice location to have a ‘country retreat’. Things have obviously moved on since 1804 and in 2024 the house can be found sit...

11 Kesä 20241h 50min

Negroni Talk #47 - So Giving Co-Living: Good Intention Or Bad Invention?

We’re living in housing crisis, and apparently a loneliness epidemic with everyone shut away doing their own thing behind closed doors. Surely the answer to this is for human beings to move away from ...

30 Touko 20241h 35min

Negroni Talks #46 - Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: An Age Old Problem In Architecture?

You’re an architect until you die, it’s a vocation and not a job. At least, that’s what some people would have you believe, with starchitects continuing to design well into their 90’s and succession p...

30 Huhti 20241h 44min

Negroni Talk #45 - The Last Bastion: A Battleground Between Value And Values?

The Barbican is under siege! This might seem to be a natural and unremarkable occurrence for a medieval fortified outpost. However, the Barbican in question is a mixed-use residential and cultural com...

20 Maalis 20241h 24min