‘It doesn’t look like a hospital,’ she says, ‘so it puts them at ease as soon as they walk in… There’s a smell to hospitals.
Reduced programme:.The design of each assembly and junction can be pre-tested and individually certified to Passivhaus standards before being included within any design.
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.In hospitals, these should be about health improvement, in pharmaceuticals about patients treated or lives saved, in housing about thriving people..
It means visualising in a way which communicates both something aspirational while at the same time something with a playful vagueness about it.We used to block units of operations out in bright colours, using pink to designate an area that was only loosely defined..
It means a culture of inclusivity; anybody can have an idea, in fact, those not constrained by having been involved in a subject for many years, often ask the best questions and come up with more innovative ideas.Matching this creativity with open-minded expert knowledge can be very powerful..