An office to lab conversion also cannot be detrimental to the amenity of residential areas (e.g.
These processes act as a tool bag: one is never sure at the start of a project the necessary order of things – although dialogue always comes first..Many clients might expect a roadmap that they can follow, but part of Design to Value is the capacity to live with a bit of uncertainty.
Clients need to understand that their project team members might feel uncomfortable about a new and unfamiliar process and we encourage the senior client representative to reassure their team that this is expected and it’s okay.They need to understand that the standard processes are comfortably wrong: everyone feels comfortable about them but they produce the wrong answer, and that is because the path is predefined.. Once the values of a project are established, diagramming begins.Visual language is key to articulating this.
For instance, a client might express that they need a space to do.X process in, which needs to be near a space that can handle Y process, which needs to be next to something else essential but perhaps seemingly unrelated, and they all need to have good light and be highly adaptable.
For this, a diagram to spatially explore how this might work is a key tool for communication and design.
Once all the stakeholders can understand and visualise the connections, designing a physical space unfolds.However, the concurrent benefits of adopting a Platform approach are much more wide-reaching; the transformation of a construction industry in crisis and the creation of a safer, healthier and more sustainable way of building for both ourselves and our planet.. Building our future with sustainable infrastructure.
Platform Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA) offers a unique opportunity to refocus an industry beset by problems: low productivity, poor value, an aging workforce and not enough new workers.Operating in this current state, the construction industry simply can’t meet the needs of the future.
Our global population is increasing rapidly – it’s estimated to reach 11.5 billion by 2050.So there’s an unavoidable need to create high-quality and sustainable infrastructure for vast numbers of people, including housing, education, healthcare and transport.
(Editor: Pro Smart Thermometers)