Rather than proposing a building to a client who in turn decides if they (a) like the idea and (b) can afford it, Design to Value first asks What is it that you need?
These placements will be optimised to create the best possible solutions for all of our major functions: education, commercial spaces, residential, and industry.This type of optimisation will happen simultaneously and in conjunction with the same process being applied to the supporting infrastructure; road, rail, hyperloops, power and water, and other transport and utilities..
Platform Design for better individual assets.We sometimes hear people express concern that Modern Methods of Construction will be the death of good design.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 need to be documenting, capturing, sharing and improving our processes, not just finishing a project with relief and moving to the next one.
Approaching our processes from a mindset of constant questioning and exploration, with a goal of deeper understanding, is what really gets people thinking and seeing things differently.This is how we’ll create real change.. Kit-of-parts and the Value Toolkit.
When the Construction Innovation Hub began, the intention was for a project management strategy focused on iteration and development.The goal was to develop a kit-of-parts approach that could be implemented with manufacturing processes, assembled in standardised ways, in standardised environments.