Disaster Recovery
The 2001 terror attack in New York awoke the Western world from a false sense of security spurring the growth of a preparation and planning strategy that the information technology and business world term ‘Disaster Recovery’.
All over the UK office spaces are set aside in preparation for disaster, whether it be terrorism, flood, fire or any other hurdle that could suspend or seriously affect business.
All over the UK office spaces are set aside in preparation for disaster, whether it be terrorism, flood, fire or any other hurdle that could suspend or seriously affect business.
Space is set up to replicate a company’s working office, from its furniture and facilities to its technology and communication system. Data is backed up to the replicated site at the end of each working day so that the Disaster Recovery Suite is completely up to date and ready to go within 24 – 48 hours. In most cases, these spaces are never likely to be used. Out of our need for these ‘just in case’ spaces we have created a new place where nothing really occurs.
Individual objects wait in a paused state. Machines buzz with electricity and dust gathers. The air is still and and absent yet charged. The spaces take on an identity that’s foreign and disconnected.
A manifestation of human thought; a possible future; on standby trying to locate itself.
A manifestation of human thought; a possible future; on standby trying to locate itself.
