It’s not enough just to measure cost and time.
Not cookie-cutter buildings.A key aspect of a Platforms approach to design is the notion that we standardise at component level, but allow complete freedom at asset level.
A standardised kit of parts, coupled with the use of machines to eliminate repetitive tasks, will give architects and designers more time to spend exploring outcomes and adding value.This will, in turn, allow them to create refined, client-specific designs which are every bit as aesthetically pleasing and unique as buildings designed by traditional methods.We also believe there will be a shift in where we think creativity is best placed within the architectural process.
Our Creative Technologies team - the vast majority of whom are architects - know that developing the algorithm and computational design is as much a part of the creative design process as sketching something.. M for Manufacture in DfMA: The move to a manufacturing mindset.We have already seen our PRiSM to Platforms digital workflow deliver tremendous improvements to the procurement and payment process.
As soon as we have a design we like, we can instantly generate a data model.
This information gives us all the bill of materials quantities we’ll need for the project, and from this data set we can also create the BIM models (ie.TIP 2021 is just a more detailed roadmap, and this should be helpful to people if they are struggling with the concepts.
Of course, we do run the risk that the term “kit-of-parts” itself is becoming so commonly used now that it may become misused, an issue we’ve seen happen with other MMC nomenclature.We don’t want to create a plethora of kits-of-parts, as value and quality of delivery will be ensured by harmonising those approaches, systems and processes.. We also don’t want people to feel so overwhelmed at the thought of everything changing that they ignore what’s happening and never begin.
We need to try and articulate the way of doing this as clearly as possible.Some of the work the Construction Innovation Hub is doing now is about bringing together all of the different puzzle pieces.