As much as I tried to imagine this scenario, nothing like checking it live and in living colour!
I’m currently handling projects in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and India ... in spite of globalization; all have their own cultures and differences. Contextualization of projects is essential in order to maintain distance with their neighbors. Programs range from hotels to shopping centers through luxury villas or corporate towers. There is always the support of a local architect that can help not only with different languages but with the respective regulations; some are odd to me, as in the case of Malaysia where the influence of Fen Chui is implicit in some of the codes.
We are four offices in Asia: Hong Kong, Beiging, Shanghai and Singapore; telecommunications between headquarters are close to science fiction and we can exchange information and ideas in real time as you have never guessed before. The team presents from Singapore the project through video-conference to the client sitting in Vietnam and all consultants in their country of origin. The tool allows you to "pass" the computer control and thus of the screen to any of the participants, who can write, draw or calculate in the eyes of other. The first time I found the exercise slightly orthopedic due to unclearness on some of the communications but through the days, you realize that the exercise is of an incredible benefit to the project since it can be repeated up to three times a week without anyone wasting time on planes and hotels with the sole purpose of moving forward the projects and reduction of time during their development process.
I keep thinking of my friend at the airport and I can hardly imagine how it must have been a few years ago when the whirlwind of giant projects in the region gripped ...
TO BE CONTINUED... NEXT WEEK MORE!! > "MUMBAI"
IN TREATMENT - METALOCUS.
DIRECTOR: JOSÉ JUAN BARBA. COORDINATION: INÉS LALUETA. ORGANIZATION: INÉS LALUETA, PEDRO NAVARRO. ENGLISH VERSION: KAREN SIMPSON. GUESTS FIRST SEASON: JOSÉ JUAN BARBA, MARINA DIEZ-CASCÓN, SERGIO DIEZ-CASCÓN SOLER, LARA FERNÁNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, CARLOS GERHARD PI-SUÑER, MONTSE PLA GARCÍA-CASTANY, XAVIER NICOLAU CUYÀS, FERNANDO RIAL PONCE, VERÓNICA ROSERO.
