Where Are They Now: KKT Architects

We caught up with KKT Architects, the winners of the 2022 Subsequent Work Surroundings Competitors to see the place they’re now!

The crew submitted their ‘Work from the Cloud’ concept that includes a hybrid co-working house that floats you into your trip. Changing the chaos and wasted time on journey, Cloud Service 1 gives a wide range of work environments and facilities aimed toward offering a sluggish transition into the weekend. “Float into your subsequent trip” blew away the jurors in 2022.

Francis Wilmore, AIA, LEED AP BD+C – Director of Design, Principal; Chris Huber, AIA – Structure; Julia Mauk, AIA – Structure; Matt Walter, AIA – Structure; Ricardo Cortez, AIAS – Architectural Summer season Intern

WDM: What has occurred with the undertaking for the reason that competitors?

KKT Architects: I used to be attempting to go away the nation for the week and journey to Europe for the primary time for the reason that pandemic. The journey was an amazing reminder of why we developed our “Work from the Cloud” idea within the first place! The theme of with the ability to work from anyplace, and the expectation that it is best to work from anyplace nonetheless looms giant as a lingering impact of the pandemic. Whereas I used to be in a position to escape, for probably the most half, there have been hints of the workplace calling each time I reconnected to Wi-Fi and noticed my missed calls, texts, and rising e-mail inbox.

WDM: If the concept has developed, what have been the modifications and why?

KKT Architects: After being chosen as a winner for our “Covid Cabana” as a protected different for working vacationing and remotely in 2020, after which profitable once more with the concept of floating out and in of trip, maybe we’ll use this 12 months’s competitors to additional discover concepts round disconnecting from the workplace and psychological wellbeing. The competitions are all the time an amazing alternative to take a step again from our day-to-day work and perceive broader ideas concerning the workspace that we will then reinterpret again into our tangible designs. Undoubtedly, the biggest development we’ve seen previously 12 months or so has been across the return to work, and particularly, giving individuals causes and sources that they could not have of their house workplace to encourage them to return to the office.

WDM: Has the crew engaged on it grown? What are you engaged on now?

KKT Architects: The crew that labored on our idea stays tightly knit on the workplace and has been eagerly awaiting this 12 months’s competitors. In reality, a couple of of the crew members have truly been engaged on a coworking house right here, in Tulsa, for the reason that submission.