Tag: Stage Zero
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What Stage 0 entails – and why it matters
By: Eva Diego, CEO at Hyphen Understanding an existing building’s potential and constraints before design begins helps clients make informed investment decisions. At Stage 0, Hyphen’s architectural advice tests possible uses, technical requirements and commercial viability while options remain open. Across Europe, retrofit has quietly shifted from being an outlier in development strategy to its…
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Could existing buildings unlock smarter data centre development?
By: Eva Diego, CEO at Hyphen In conversation with Alexandra Gheorghiu at DCD in Spain, Hyphen CEO Eva Diego builds on her recent interviews about the importance of architectural advice at Stage Zero to explore why re-purposing existing buildings into data centres deserves far more attention. While new-build development has long been seen as the…
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How to de‑risk retrofit before design even begins
By: Eva Diego, CEO at Hyphen Early assessment of an existing building can help identify risks before design decisions become costly to change. Hyphen CEO Eva Diego explains how Stage 0 brings technical investigation and commercial priorities together to test what an asset can realistically deliver. Across Europe, retrofit has become the default starting point…
