Jeanne Tan
In this second video featuring Nordic Office of Architecture, Knut Ramstad shares how Forma has enhanced the firm’s data-driven and collaborative way of working, starting at early phase design.
Led by its mission to shape thriving societies, Nordic Office of Architecture works with projects of all scales across the globe. Their team comprises of 500 architects collaborating across Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. Given their operational breadth and need to work with a broad range of stakeholders, their ability to collaborate digitally is indispensably prioritized.
At Nordic, they recognize the importance of the early phase as a testing ground for new ideas; it’s also a time that’s impacted by a multitude of factors and stakeholders. Tools that are built to support this challenging phase need to be fast, flexible, data rich and enable effective design exploration.
As such, the firm is constantly on the lookout for tools that improve design processes, facilitate better collaboration, and create better architecture.
Not only does Autodesk Forma tick these boxes, it also enhances Nordic’s existing way of working. Knut Ramstad, architect, and CTO at Nordic Office of Architecture explains: “Having Forma means that you can be much more transparent. You can have visual communication of a much higher quality, which allows for a better collaborating environment.”
Forma helps give the team access to the data that they need at the early phase and creates new opportunities for better outcomes while working in the digital environment. “We see that we can collaborate regardless of geographic location, we can involve our clients, our future users and our engineers in a far better way, meaning that we can get feedback from stakeholders very early on, and we can refine the design in a much better way because we’re in a common digital environment.” concludes Ramstad.
The transparency and improved collaboration facilitated by Forma creates more enthusiasm and ownership from the project team and stakeholders that, in turn, significantly improves the quality of architecture and the subsequent processes.
Thank you: Nordic Office of Architecture, Reykjavík, and Oslo.