This ground-breaking P-DfMA office building project is currently being delivered on-site in London, featuring an almost 20% reduction in embodied carbon.
He starts from the perspective that there is Tradition.And if we stick by the way we always did things, then all will be well; it is what holds everything together.
But then he, himself points out that once, these traditions were new.As each of his first two daughters, choose their own husbands against the wishes of their parents, he goes through personal moral debate and anguish.Under review are the values he holds.
Does he do what is deemed in his community as right?How much does he value his love and respect for his children’s right to autonomy?
He flexes, adjusts, evolves his views and approach.
He is not, however, infinitely flexible.After all, it’s in the placemaking, the creation of positive user experience and stimulating aesthetic, that designers have the biggest impact and provide the most value in their work - not in repetitive processes like rules reinterpretation.
It’s also important to recognise that tools like PRiSM don’t need to limit beauty or individuality in the built environment.We use standardisation like the hidden skeletal bones of a building, but the outer manifestation can be as individual and unique as we are as human beings.. A Helpful Tool for the Wider Design & Construction Industry.
When PRiSM launched, we deliberately described it as a broad but shallow tool.It didn’t develop the design for you, but it had lots of applications.