Can you put a dollar value on wellbeing? Investigating Hayball’s social value initiative

We recently reported on the ambitious – dare we say, audacious – approach set out by Hayball with regard to the social impacts of architecture and design. Partnering with the ASVB, Hayball is seeking to set a new standard in terms of being able to measure and quantify the social value of design in Australia.Calling it a new standard might not be inaccurate, but it scarcely captures the scope of the proposition. It’s really an invite, or a provocation, towards a different way of