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32 working on more standard projects . “ On a Belfast Marriot hotel project , we actually used Minecraft and challenged six schools to build a hotel inside the game ,” explains Hutchinson . “ What we learned from the back end of that allowed a few of the ideas from the schoolchildren to find their way in to the final design . It was great to see the power of that engagement and ideas that were so good the architect worked them into the finished building .”
Hutchinson believes it ’ s that inquisitive ethos that helps set Gilbert-Ash apart from its competitors . “ We offer a partnership approach with a team hugely experienced on innovative projects , proud of the work they do but not resting on their laurels ,” he asserts . “ We ’ re not afraid to show we ’ re constantly learning through our efforts as a team , with a focus on collaboration and by offering forums for the opinions of all stakeholders , particularly on projects like UCL , to feed into that design process . Because everybody has a shared interest in arriving at a building which delivers inspiration in both form and function .” NOVEMBER 2018