In order to substantially reduce embodied carbon, our designs will adopt the following hierarchy:.
We talk about the asterisk, which will never be done again..In actuality, her volumetric modular company had built hundreds of schools for New York City.
It was a case of lots of buildings and big applications.She says these are the industrialised construction projects we need to be talking about - the ones that everyone needs to do.. Kit-of-parts architecture and the benefits of standardisation.Jaimie Johnston MBE, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood and Design Lead for the Construction Innovation Hub, is equally enthusiastic about the changes taking place within the industry.
and the shift toward industrialised construction.He reminds us that post-war housing was built using a kit-of-parts approach and that Roman forts were prefabricated.
A thought-leader and leading author within the MMC/Platform construction space, Johnston talks about the development of the.
UK Government’s Construction Playbook.'At Bryden Wood, it’s all about the role you have in the project and not whether you are a woman or not.
Overall in the office, it’s still probably more men, especially when you look at all the disciplines, but when you look at the architectural team we are completely balanced....If you are a young woman starting out in architecture, being a woman shouldn’t stop you from pursuing your career.
It’s exciting and very creative.In this office, we get to do so many different things and work on so many different types of buildings.’.