The MHCLG project asked local authorities to research and report back on the materials present in the external walls of all buildings above 18 metres within a particular borough.

This is a unique advantage of our Chip Thinking®️ process.. Rather than showing increasingly detailed plans and elevations, we represent the solution in terms of what it does to solve the client’s problem.For a prison that needs to be more rehabilitative, this means: showing what is visible from where; how activities are distributed across the buildings and the site; how the buildings are zoned and controlled to allow free movement while controlling who goes where.

For a pharmaceutical plant that needs to satisfy uncertain demand in an emerging market, this could entail seeing the capacity of the production equipment, its utilisation, the labour required to operate it, and the flexibility of the equipment to produce either different or more products..In each case the representation is driven by what client and stakeholders need to see to satisfy themselves that the proposed solution meets their needs, but also to inform the wider team to decide what the next design iteration needs to look like to create an even better and more detailed solution.. At the end of this process, we have not simply a good design but also a transparent account of how expert knowledge and stakeholder requirements steered the decision-making process.This not only gives our clients the confidence that they have got the right solution, but ensures they understand why this design is preferable over all others.

We maximise understanding, efficiency and value.. An approach that feeds back into the business.This process reflects our experience and research on design, thinking and deciding.

It is structured to guide and stimulate thinking and creativity.

It allows us to combine strategic knowledge on the client side with regards to their business, and our own design knowledge about how buildings work and are constructed.. Our creative use of digital construction technologies allows us to supercharge this process.It embeds sets of rules/data requirements regarding interfaces, technical requirements and standards that sit behind the models, giving a more holistic set of information.

BSA compliance data, tolerances, load, thermal performance and energy efficiency technical standards, rules around interoperability etc..Stored in an open access, central location, the digital library is the bedrock of the digitised design to construction process.

It also embeds the standardised requirements:.Standard space types.