The Dyson blog: Using curiosity to weave a new perspective

’, a free configurator that allows users to generate their own designs from a database of every piece of Lego ever manufactured..

This approach facilitates the pre-certification of components, panelised systems, building systems for thermal/hygrothermal/airtightness performance, reducing design time and programme..The repetition of detailing between projects means that a design library of pre-certified components is retained for future projects, making the design process more efficient and quicker..

Achieving Passivhaus performance can require an iterative design process to ensure performance during the final stage of construction inspection and testing is achieved.This iterative process can be shortened using BIM integration and digital twins which are inherently part of a DfMA approach..Increased skill/knowledge/preparation:.

Our experience has shown that the automation and design of P-DfMA processes simplifies the construction and the need for a skilled taskforce and their preparation.It also reduces the number of people onsite, increases safety as a result of reduced work at height, lowers capital costs and improves construction speed.. Passivhaus and net zero carbon challenges.

There is an increasing amount of pressure growing in the construction industry to design net zero carbon buildings, both in terms of operational and embodied carbon.

In this context, bodies such as the London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI), RIBA, GLA and UKGBC, have developed guidance documents on embodied carbon, which include specific targets and roadmaps to achieving net zero carbon prior to 2050.. Based on LETI Climate Emergency Design Guide, a typical medium size residential building embodied carbon, would be 33% of the total carbon, whilst the operational carbon would be around 67%.The complexities, interactions and patterns reveal the essence of every project – they tell the stories of where value actually lies.

Innovationunlocks a beautiful and creative process which allows for a collision of perspectives and thinking.And it is these insights that can lead to elegant solutions to complex problems..

Definition and Origins of Design to Value.. With roots in both the rapid iterating of product design and the holistic thinking of total architecture of the past, Design to Value combines the relentless seeking of value with a clarity of purpose.Each project is unique, but an ethos and approach prevail: you focus on what you want the project to do, how it should best function and who it should serve –rather than a specific material outcome..