Well constructed visual representations make raw data accessible to a wide audience.

On the other hand, Hong Kong has potential access to Chinese manufacturers.As such, forms of modular will no doubt be part of the future solution..

In the US, there have been several conferences about ‘industrialized construction,’ and players like Katerra and Factory_OS are developing their own vertically integrated offers..Overall, there is a global recognition that a more manufacturing-like approach is needed.‘Volumetric’ seems to be the first and most obvious starting point, but we believe there is a need for a wider and more sophisticated ecosystem of DfMA.

There may be parallels with what happened with BIM.The UK was the first to mandate Building Information Modelling and our standards became quite widely adopted, or were at least used as a starting point, globally.

It will be interesting to see if construction Platform design has a similar global appeal, once people have understood the limitations of modular.. COVID-19: accelerating the shift to construction Platforms?.

COVID-19 has simply accelerated this journey, or accentuated the need to move forwards at speed., by setting out how a manufacture-led approach to construction would support the commitments made by Government.

In particular, it sets out how a platform design approach, common in the manufacturing and software industries, could be adopted by the construction sector - and the benefits P-DfMA could unlock.. View and download here:.Platforms: Bridging the gap between construction and manufacture.Applying a digital methodology to organic complexity.

Authors: Steven Tilkin and Tanya Oram..There are many ways to approach master planning in design.