Business & Architectural Design – A corporate fusion of strategists and architects that have joined forces

BUSINESS OR ARCHITECTURE?

THE BUSINESS OF ARCHITECTURE

The design of manmade constructions, like roads, buildings, boats, or furniture, calls for architectural concepts concerning function and aesthetics. Architecture is ultimately the art of manipulating form to serve a purpose; this is true even in the extreme case where the purpose is to serve form itself.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF BUSINESS

Business structures, socio-economic constructions per se, call for similar notions that are ‘architectural’ in their archetypical form. We sometimes refer to business ‘design’, business ‘models’ or business ‘plans’; we ‘draft’ contracts and ‘build’ commercial relationships, much like architects model, plan, draft, and build set ups within the spatial universe.

THE FUSION

To set out a business strategy, we adopt the position of an architect within a creative process; and think ourselves as business strategists, when taking up a designing project. Our propositions will always be modernistic and human centric; we consider the above concept to be ‘radical’, especially in context with complex problem solving or deep creative thinking.

TAILORED OR LABORED?

PHILOSOPHY

To ‘analyze business using architectural lenses’ and to ‘design with business acumen’ are notions that we have adopted throughout our entire careers. For the previous 25 years, we exchanged views and influenced one the other. Our mindsets cross; in effect we have joined forces and together establish the ‘Rad Yard’: a structured, corporate fusion to offer design, construction, and advisory services.

MISSION

We love to delve into and tirelessly explore the intricacies, dynamics, and processes within a project or organization. Our dedication to detail ensures that each of our works stands apart, customized to perfection. We are commited to delivering exclusive, tailor-made services and need to be proud of our deliverables. We tirelessly devote time to deep-dive sessions working and strive to take on only challenging tasks that inspire us. Our reward lies in the excellence of our work, validated by the satisfaction of our clients.

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Architectural design services are offered in partnership with the Stockholm based ‘Mitsakis+Mavrou’ Office.

Leading Architect and ‘Rad Yard’ founder, Socrates Mitsakis, is a graduate of the University of Westminster and holds a RIBA pt II. His portfolio’s wingspan in very wide, including design projects in the US, Europe and South-East Asia. As a designer he often experiments with deconstructive, modernistic, and sometimes brutalist concepts or forms. A very good listener that brings conflicting views into a broader perspective, Socrates is an out-of-the-box thinker, always determined to land efficient, down-to-earth solutions.

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PORTFOLIO

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BUSINESS DESIGN

Business design services are offered in partnership with ‘RNBW’, Alex Dimitrakopoulos’ Advisory House based in Thessaloniki.

Managing Director and ‘Rad Yard’ founder, Alex, is a Greek business strategist with leading roles in various corporate restructurings, highly publicized M&A deals, and stock exchange listings. He often spearheads transitional processes and twice served as the interim head of large organizations going through a change of control. An Anatolia High School graduate, he dropped out of university twice, in architecture (Oxford Brookes) and physics (AUTh), to become a stockbroker and then a freelance business consultant.

Under the trade name ‘RNBW’ and ‘ODD’, he has served numerous clients across various fields, including the primary sector, commodity trading, manufacture, shipping, retail, real estate, construction, tourism, wealth management, fashion, education, and art. His work initially involved dynamic modeling and forecasting, and later on transformed into strategic planning, transformational change and product development. His ideas grew into an expertise in developing transformational schemes and integrating cross-functional, matrix-management corporate structures.

Outside of business, he is a natural sailor, former sailing champion and coach, and often dreams of circumnavigating solo or becoming a shipwright. As the father of a nine-year-old son, he has settled to family cruising in the Aegean while being an undergraduate student of the Westlawn School of Yacht Design. Alex also runs a local boat-building workshop and offers performance clinics for young sailors.

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