The Manufacturing landscape in South China is rapidly changing.Future factories will combine the efficiencies from robotics with
flexibility from on-site research and product development. They
will be highly adaptable, digitally smart and technologically inte-
grated. Nurturing the highly skilled and innovative workforce for
these very different environments will be crucial. Tomorrow's
workers will demand a new type of manufacturing campus that
is inspiring, humane and encourages collaboration and innova-
tion and operates more efficiently.
Over a range of recent projects, Arup have been developing a
new approach that radically rethinks what a manufacturing faci-
lity could and should be. How can it adapt more quickly to chan-
ging product lines and technology? How can it work better for
the people who work there? How can it encourage and integrate
R&D and innovation better? In this talk Mark will provide an in-
sight into this work.
An architect by training, Mark joined Arup in 2006 and currently
leads the South China Architecture and Planning team. With over
20 years experience working on ground-breaking and award win-
ning science and industry projects around the world, Mark's ex-
pertise and insight has been instrumental in leading highly inno-
vative projects like Sky's world first naturally ventilated TV stu-
dios in UK, and a stunning new traditional rice wine factory in SE
China set in a beautiful tea valley.
Mark holds MA with Honours for Architecture & Urban Design
from University of Edinburgh and is a Chartered Member of
Royal Institute of British Architects.