Collisions of people and ideas in a setting where the mundane can be left in the lobby.. A frivolous thought.
Designing out waste can be achieved with clever and simple use of materials, eg.altering the centre point of ceiling tiles to limit offcuts to a single side of the room, rather than both sides..
Designing with/for components promotes offsite assembly of repeated modules.Any leftovers from building the components can be used on subsequent projects, recycled onsite or restocked, minimising wastage.. How can we minimise risk in the building sector?.Minimising risk in the construction industry is important in encouraging developers and designers to take account of circular economy principles.
Early decision making will give developers and funders confidence in design and construction choices and will have the largest impact as a result..The following are suggestions of how risk can be minimised whilst maximising impact and implementing sustainable construction:.
Ask yourself whether you really need to build a new building or whether repurposing an existing building could achieve the same end goal..
Undertake a pre-demolition audit to understand the potential for reuse on the existing site.The railway system of the world is scaled around the size of a horse and cart as that was the predominant transport technology when they came into existence.. Moving down in scale, we scale craft and industrial laboratory equipment so that humans can interact with it using their hands.. Evolution is an excellent process to improve and adapt size and function to meet the demands of survival.
Its downside for humans is that in the context of the human lifespan it is very slow.We do not have the luxury of a million years to size our factories.
However, neither should we now be constrained by the size of a human, a building or by the relatively recent economic dogma..I don’t think we can credibly argue that capitalism has not been a key enabler in the rapid technological advancements of the last two to three hundred years.