When designing new or refurbished buildings we must plan for the unexpected.

and DfMA and regularly participates in talks, seminars and other industry events across the region.Maria is a Director in the Creative Technologies team and focuses on our work in algorithmic and.automated design.

'Rapid Engineering Model' (REM).at Bryden Wood which is a radical and disruptive new digital approach to automated design for Highways England, developed by Bryden Wood Technology Ltd for the Smart Motorways Programme (SMP).. Maria coordinates a team of computational designers, architects and engineers using algorithmic methodologies to create radical solutions.Her proactive approach ensures a high standard delivery of projects that encourage innovation and bring disruption to the industry.. Maria is an experienced Architect (ARB) with a specialism in computational design and holds an MSc in Adaptive Architecture and Computation from the Bartlett School, UCL.. Maria has presented her work in automation and design internationally.Felicity joined Bryden Wood in December 2021, after consulting for the company for several years.. She leads external affairs which includes media relations, corporate profiling and client communication liaison.. Felicity has almost 20 years’ experience in corporate communications, gained both for global agencies and in-house, covering sectors including hospitality, food and drink, film and music, tourism, healthcare, interior design, research and insight, and government-led behavioural change programmes.. She has represented public and private companies, and worked for several well-known CEOs in the UK and internationally.. Felicity studied English Literature at UCL and lives in Hackney, London.Nicola joined Bryden Wood as an Associate Director within the.

team.. With over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry, her experience lies in the structural design and project management within the Residential, Industrial, Retail, Educational and Commercial sectors where she is fully conversant with design of all major structural materials.She has also experience in modular construction, particularly in the student accommodation market and the great benefits this brings in this regard..

Her roles over the years include being a team lead on many multi-disciplinary projects from conception to completion.

Values of these projects range from small school projects (values circa £5m) through to larger retail projects (values circa £120m).Kit-of-parts developed by Bryden Wood for rapid deployment of labs into existing office and commercial spaces.

Bryden Wood's kit-of-parts for lab design.Existing office buildings may struggle to accommodate new laboratory HVAC plant and distribution..

Laboratory air-changes will be many times higher than those found in an office.This is driven by the regulations, pressure cascades, cooling loads, dispersion rates, local extraction, higher levels of filtration, and ideally some degree of futureproofing.