Sharp says that what we really need is something more free-flowing, and adds that we should be nudging the market in the right direction as it develops so that we end up with an optimally connected set of systems..
Put simply: if we build less, we emit less carbon.. Low embodied carbon and the future of sustainable design.It’s generally understood that changing material specification can help reduce embodied carbon and create a more sustainable design and build process.
What is often not mentioned is that we can also achieve reduced embodied carbon and capital cost through optimisation and reducing the volume of building, and the earlier this is considered the bigger the carbon savings.. Bryden Wood have demonstrated that through optimising architectural layouts, we can produce higher net to gross ratio space.We do this by enhancing circulation and ancillary spaces and providing more useful, flexible space.With the reduction in internal floor area, there is less space to be conditioned with expensive MEP systems, less structure and less external envelope.
This sustainable design process is incredibly effective..Lean design encourages optimised material usage within the building.
This might be improving the optimisation factor of steel, reducing the thickness of concrete slabs, or balancing insulation thicknesses of walls, floors and roofs with operational energy savings.
A reduced quantity of building materials reduces a building’s weight.wellbeing generated by design.
learning developed through construction.designing with the community.
building with local materials.. Aside from the self-evident importance of composing buildings that are good for people, the economy and the planet, there is a practical benefit in defining and charting quantitively the social value our built environment can provide.. Design to Value.The multifaceted concept of social value, including social sustainability in architecture, is something Bryden Wood project teams aim to consider at every stage; the most value to the end user and community, the most sustainable solution, the optimum solution for the problem statement.