Regional Silos and 'Primate City' Structure Impede Network Building:.
http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesWe like things in neat boxes, we like the tangible; things we can sense, see and touch.In times where there is a lack of clarity it can feel chaotic and unnerving.
In these times we tend to grasp onto something, anything that relieves the feelings of being lost.Like being swept away in a river, we feel the need to grab hold of the nearest branch or rock.These feelings are called by psychologists Ontological Insecurity.
The irony is that in these times and moments we can develop the best ideas, breakthrough arbitrary boundaries and find amazing solutions..This is often the situation at the start of a design project.
Often called pre-project, this could be a time for exploration, broad thinking, analysis and imagination, however often it’s a time for reductive thinking.
I have been in design meetings at these early stages where discussions are happening about what might be on the first, second or third floor of a building.The false ceilings were omitted to reduce materials needed, the curtain walling is self finishing to the inside of the external walls, the building is largely open plan reducing the number of internal walls required and finally the raised flooring is reused from an existing building.
The materials specified for the internal wall include recycled materials, reducing their embodied carbon..Finally, the DfMA approach has optimised the MEP systems, using modular prefabricated units, which reduce the amount of material used.
When comparing our results with LETI benchmarks (see below), this is not apparent.It is becoming clear across the industry that LETI benchmarks for MEP are likely underestimated..
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