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On top of this, it is also important to develop a successful and clear way of explaining and presenting their ideas through a range of media, such as drawings, sketches, models and collages as well as through verbal presentation.. BW: When you participated in crits as a student, what were the benefits of them and how did they help your development as an architect/designer?.

So new businesses can be built on top of Platform approaches; in this case, addressing a gap in the market for customers who don’t want the expense of a fully bespoke kitchen, but do want some individuality.. What can we learn?.Customers can leverage the benefits of Ikea (economies of scale) while still getting a bespoke outcome.

This addresses one of the concerns that is often raised about Platforms and modern methods of construction more generally – the spectre of ‘cookie cutter’ buildings and identical assets.Manufacturers can spend less time on the ‘bulk’ components and focus their efforts on the ‘project specific’ parts, and spend more time with customers understanding their individual needs.This is analogous with use of configurators and Platforms – designers can put more effort into the project specific and value-adding design and less into the documentation of the ‘chassis’.. Can we do this?

What should our digital marketplace look like?.Other sectors have grasped the opportunities and challenges faced by e-commerce in different ways and with different levels of success, but it’s now an unavoidable feature of daily life for most businesses and individuals.

It is something that construction should – and can – also be heading towards.

There is no question that a digital marketplace for Platforms is achievable; the policy context is in place and there is a growing body of work that would support this.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.At Bryden Wood, we combine our core principle of Design to Value with an overarching digital methodology to deliver master plans that tackle the most complex of scenarios.