For some clients, accuracy in delivery is the most important thing.
On the contrary, we believe construction Platforms and DfMA will deliver better, more holistically designed, individual assets.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.The Roadmap to 2030 discusses the wider implications of the change.
It talks about disaggregated supply chains, and therefore how we might engage SMEs, or how we might lower the barrier to entry.It talks about the strong link between digital and physical, in that, once you have these components, it unlocks configurators and the potential for a digital marketplace.
TIP 2021 talks about factory-like conditions on site.. There’s been an increasing sophistication around people's understanding of modern methods of construction, in that MMC doesn't just mean offsite, and neither does platform construction (P-DfMA), We’re starting to talk much more about the real drivers.We want our assets delivered in a way that’s better, faster and greener.