What opportunities does Design to Value afford the built environment?
Design to Value is a commitment to process above all else. Well
understood and applied in the manufacturing industries, its potential is
only now starting to be realised in architecture, engineering and
construction. It challenges designers to lead the way in creating more
innovative and stakeholder-centric analyses, workflows, construction
techniques and products. Through architectural thinking, value in the
built environment can be maximised. Seeking to create deep and lasting
impacts on industry, society and the planet, Design to Value rejects
architecture's current professional services model. The design and
delivery stages of traditional procurement routes are not sustainable,
and Design to Value outlines a new path for informed design processes.
Bryden Wood, leading international expert in Modern Methods of
Construction (MMC) and the Platform approach to Design for Manufacture
and Assembly (P-DfMA), has spent the last fifteen years developing
Design to Value as part of a new framework for the future of the design
and construction industry. In this essential book, the practice
challenges architects and the wider industry to think differently about
how value is generated, enhanced and retained in the built realm,
providing a method that will improve outcomes for architects, clients,
industries and society. Architects must bend and break habitual
processes to build better systems, better buildings and better futures.
Features:
- Over 125 images, including photographs, sketches and diagrams
- Over 20 international case studies, including those from Canada,
France, India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia and USA
- Projects from leading practices, such as Atelier Bow-Wow, BIG, David
Miller Architects, Kieran Timberlake and Lacaton & Vassal, as well as
Bryden Wood.