Most Passivhaus buildings have not been designed for deconstruction in part due the complexity of junctions and the need to achieve the required overlapping and airtightness.
This allows the application of manufacturing techniques and processes, with consistent quality achieved, as well as facilitating greater economies of scale..The manufacturing industry has long enjoyed the benefits of this design to value approach.
At BMW and Volkswagen a common car chassis is used across all models.It’s the finer details that change from car to car - the wheels, trim, engine, bodywork… Similarly, Ikea use a limited kit of components to create their various pieces of furniture.It doesn’t matter whether you’re making a bed, wardrobe or bookcase, most of the connecting pieces are the same.
Construction Platforms allow us to apply this same type of thinking to built assets.Yes, those assets require flexibility, but the need for flexibility doesn’t have to be at odds with standardisation.
Using P-DfMA, we can have both..
Flexibility in modular construction.We start out by discussing with our client in more detail what the fundamental problem is that they are facing.
We need to understand who is affected by it and its solution.This allows us to identify the stakeholders and what they value.
We then determine with our client – and key stakeholders – what the high level aspects are of a solution that would solve this problem.That might sound a bit trivial, but the point is that the solution is almost never a building by itself.
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