So purely to replace aviation fuel we must exponentially increase our ability to deliver hardware.

In addition, where the design and construction industry tends to focus on the differences between sectors - segmenting itself into deep specialisms and viewing particular elements in isolation, we must instead switch our focus to commonality, anchoring the design and build process in similarities, not differences.P-DfMA achieves this goal.

For example, floor-to-floor heights are relatively standard across a variety of different buildings: schools, hospital wards, apartment buildings and certain office types.This is because the heights result from the size of people, rather than being necessitated by the requirements of a particular sector.We allow for the height of a person, plus headroom, plus a zone for structures, M&E systems and architectural finishes.

Recognising this reality, platform construction (P-DfMA) was Bryden Wood’s attempt to identify these types of cross-sector commonalities and develop a kit of parts which could then be used to build a variety of different sector types, but using the same components.This allows the application of manufacturing techniques and processes, with consistent quality achieved, as well as facilitating greater economies of scale..

The manufacturing industry has long enjoyed the benefits of this design to value approach.

At BMW and Volkswagen a common car chassis is used across all models.PRiSM is designed to be an additional tool in the kit, one which helps architects and designers do their jobs.

It isn’t there to be a threat.It’s a first step towards a digital planning approach.

Aggregating all of these data sets provides more insight into the context in which architects design.At Bryden Wood we want to broaden the conversation about this topic and get more people in the industry talking about these issues..