There are of course caveats, and there may be other Planning or legal conditions to consider or parties to notify.
Given that the brief charts the course for the remainder of the project it is critical that it is a well-articulated leading document.An architect’s inability to spend time developing the brief – and in many cases being cast as simply ‘another consultant’ rather than an enabler and driver of a process – means that the most critical part of a project might simply follow the flow of least resistance.
Significantly, depending on the project, the sequencing of the steps will vary.The core components are:.• open dialogue.
• rapid iteration.• divergent thinking.
• evidence-based design.
• innovation and invention.Equally, we could also take components from one asset, and then use them for a different asset type in another part of the world.
This is very appealing, as reusing is even more sustainable than recycling..However, it’s worth stating that this is a huge simplification; that the true meaning of ‘circular economy’ is phenomenally complex (especially when we’re considering a 60-year plus period – how well do we believe someone in 1960 would have predicted the market in 2020?)
This is a topic in its own right that we’ll explore another time – but what we can say for now is that construction Platforms seem like a sensible way of facilitating this approach.. What are the challenges to widespread adoption of construction Platform design?.None of the challenges present in getting the industry to adopt a construction Platforms approach are technical.
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