R1 · Region and development
Location, density and access to opportunity
Models and a short study using human chauffeurs examine demand responses. They do not forecast local land use.
Explore this decisionFROM THE REGION TO THE FRONT DOOR
Twelve decisions.
Shared responsibilities.
What can the architect prepare? What must the customer define, fund and accept? Begin with the decision, then follow the evidence and the questions it leaves open.
Research release BTC-RESEARCH-2026-10-17.1 · Prepared 17 October 2026 · Project applicability unresolved
These are proposed decision guides. Each links research, contrary cases and remaining questions; actual project experiments have yet to be agreed and carried out.
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R2 · District land and parking
Net land release and district parking
Facility and network models, with curb observations, identify possible effects. Net district or regional land savings remain unestimated.
Explore this decisionR3 · Street and curb
Street, curb and boarding interface
Interaction studies, prototypes, curb observations and historical incidents inform the questions. They do not set local geometry or boarding times.
Explore this decisionR4 · Public realm and whole journey
Whole journey through the public realm
Selected surveys, prototypes and service plans inform the journey. An inclusive comparison of completed journeys remains absent.
Explore this decisionR5 · Campus and site
Campus arrangement and building relationships
Campus records, operator accounts and service plans describe arrangements. They do not establish which layout performs better under the same brief.
Explore this decisionR6 · Receiving and building program
Receiving and building program
A single-hospital goods-workflow study observes actual tasks. It does not establish local area or net labor savings.
Explore this decisionR7 · Building circulation
Doors, lifts and building circulation
A single-hospital goods-workflow study and a historical interface specification describe door and lift tasks. They do not establish capacity, shaft requirements or investment value for another building.
Explore this decisionR8 · Structure and adaptation
Parking adaptation and future use
An applied retrofit study identifies barriers, and a model examines conditional parking expansion. Neither prices a local change of use or demonstrates a realized return.
Explore this decisionR9 · Energy and service infrastructure
Energy and service infrastructure
Models examine duty cycles, resources and vehicle lifecycle effects. Local energy, simultaneous power demand and utility capacity remain unestablished.
Explore this decisionR10 · Operations and labor
Human work and ordinary operations
Observed planned human tasks, guidance and scenarios show work that must be considered. They do not supply a transferable staffing ratio.
Explore this decisionR11 · Governance and continuity
Change authority and continuity
Historical provider and agency corrective cases, with institutional plans, identify responsibility questions. No current site and provider agreement has been accepted here.
Explore this decisionR12 · Lifecycle environment and distribution
Lifecycle and distribution of benefits/burdens
The models have explicit comparison and lifecycle limits. Integrated regional carbon effects and local distribution of burdens remain unestimated.
Explore this decisionPeople, place, planet and technology enter the same brief. Jurisdiction, operating model, adopted requirements and acceptance criteria must be established for the actual project. Research connections are not a certification of compliance.