The RIBA Schools Client Forum ran a half day

workshop in Bristol to demonstrate how the DQI

process can play an important part in articulating

the clients aspirations for their new school. Moreover

 to comprehensively measure how the designand

construction team are working effectively during the

design,construction and completion stages.

 

Groups of students and delegates toured the Brislington

Academy Bristol, using the Architecture Centres network's

"Prompt Cards" which helped raise awareness of design

issues and introduce the group to the concept of DQIs.

followed by a series of short presentations.

 

The DQI process is mandatory for all BSF projects but

they should be considered in the context of other ways of

looking at design quality. PfS, DCSF and CABE are keen

that DQI should be effectively integrated with other

processes. We need a simple, consistent and useable

set of design criterion, creating a real stakeholder

understanding of design issues.