The opportunity is clear to see.
The manufacturing industry has long enjoyed the benefits of this design to value approach.At BMW and Volkswagen a common car chassis is used across all models.
It’s the finer details that change from car to car - the wheels, trim, engine, bodywork… Similarly, Ikea use a limited kit of components to create their various pieces of furniture.It doesn’t matter whether you’re making a bed, wardrobe or bookcase, most of the connecting pieces are the same.Construction Platforms allow us to apply this same type of thinking to built assets.
Yes, those assets require flexibility, but the need for flexibility doesn’t have to be at odds with standardisation.Using P-DfMA, we can have both..
Flexibility in modular construction.
At Bryden Wood, it’s a guiding principle that we never compromise the design to fit the system.Through structured questioning and diagramming on flipcharts and whiteboards (or their digital equivalents), we turn those concerns and desires into clear objectives.
The aim is to ensure that all stakeholders understand each other’s drivers and that we develop an agreed set of objectives that everyone feels is comprehensive and fair.. We turn that knowledge into an initial, digital model.The model captures all the systems and their interfaces, and represents all aspects of the overall solution that affect the objectives of the various stakeholders.
This initial representation allows us to agree what kind of expertise we require to develop a solution.For a prison design, that might mean that we need to understand how guards and social workers do their jobs.
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