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The Missing Discipline in Modern Architecture

We design buildings to be photographed, not maintained. Cleanability is the discipline that closes that gap.

Invisible Labour, Real Economy

Maintenance work is the scaffolding of civilisation. It deserves a discipline of its own.

AI in Facilities Management: Beyond the Hype

Vision models, predictive analytics, and the operational layer that architects forgot.

Institute Research Group

2024-11-18

11 min

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The Design-Performance Gap

Why buildings that look brilliant on day one fail by year five.

Healthcare Hygiene as a Systems Problem

Hospital-acquired infection is not a cleaning problem. It is a cleanability problem.

The Cleanability Index, Explained

A composite score for the operational future of any building.

Fuseini Dawuda

2024-08-15

6 min