For example, floor-to-floor heights are relatively standard across a variety of different buildings: schools, hospital wards, apartment buildings and certain office types.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.We took SEISMIC, our school design app, to a primary school in Hackney.
This digitally intuitive generation of Minecraft players already have many of the skills we need.They were excited by the app.It stimulated their creativity and imaginations.
We must begin exploring these subjects with children earlier, encouraging education around topics like automation and DfMA, alongside digital skills, tools and techniques in degree courses.These subjects shouldn’t be perceived as specialisms.
We must start implementing them as the fundamental way we design going forwards..
The future of the built environment depends on our action.Without a well-designed building, the DfMA approach will be applied to an inefficient design, diluting its benefits or even introducing costs and complexity..
Battery plants typically have extremely large footprints to accommodate the linear assembly process.However, requirements vary across different process stages.
• Early stages often involve vertical material transfer (e.g., wet chemicals).. • Later stages require significant ventilation, heat rejection, and cooling..While designers may aim for uniformity across process areas, this can lead to inefficient and underutilised space.. Right-Sizing Battery Factory Designs.
(Editor: Compact Slicers)