8TFive Studio Business Plan Interview

For the second year we have revised and submitted our business plan executive summary to Charrette Ventures Group's 2016 Architecture Business Plan Competition.

This is a great venue to continue to develop and stay on-top of business strategies for the firm. Sort of a kick in the butt from other tasks that get put on the shelf for "when I have time".

CREATING THE MESSAGE

Revamping our 2015 business plan which focused on attempting to capture a broad spectrum of strategies and summaries ... we fine tuned the focus. The interview below provides a glimpse into why the firm was started, the issue we are attempting to resolve and how we might do so.

The video was a required 2 minute introduction of 8TFive Studio for the Charrette Ventures Group's 2016 Architecture Business Plan Competition

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXCERPT

Our mission is to progressively enhance traditional architectural practice slow to adapt to change in technology modernization.

​We intend to provide a vibrant and dynamic architectural design experience to meet and exceed the demand of a generationally-driven shift in expectations through continuous innovation, adaptable efficiency, knowledge sharing, mobile virtual collaboration and overall community betterment.

​While many architects may finally be using Building Information Modeling and think they are on the cutting-edge, we challenge the entire industry to think well beyond what might be considered an evolution in the practice of architecture.

​We envision a skilled mobile workforce connected to office practices and highly capable of interacting quickly with real-time building design and analysis using evolving technologies.

SOME EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Some technology we present briefly in the interview are augmented reality and virtual reality based:
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• AR-Media is one platform we utilize to generate and publish our 3D models which enable you to view and interact with the design in a way beyond just looking at floor plans, perspectives or videos.
• Oculus Rift and other related viewing devices presents a new age of experiencing a virtual world. Many people see this sort of interaction as the next big step in video gaming but our question is ...

How do we take emerging technologies such as they (and others) and create an architectural office environment that will help foster the exploration, utilization and enhancement of our Services in a sustainable and efficient fashion to offer to our particular clientele.

BENEFITS OF DESIGN ANALYSIS

Last month we engage with a structural engineer from Australia through our Google+ page on how architects are using Building Information Modeling. Ultimately, we realized that showcasing some of the analysis and performance data behind the use of our designs rather than just the visualization of them would further help provide insight for potential clients.

So look for upcoming blog posts to feature more analysis oriented material to show exactly HOW we use this technology to offer clients greater depth of knowledge to ultimately make more informed design decisions early on ... saving time and cost in the long run.

If you are interested to find out what other technology we use or have our eye on moving into the future, we are more than willing to share the knowledge we've come across. Contact Us.