Design for wellbeing: benefits of sustainable architecture

Between them, there is also an often unspoken common denominator which Bryden Wood have explored.

Although already one of the leading industries for numbers of apprenticeships, greater emphasis must be placed on diversification of the workforce and Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).Doing so will help us to deliver the projects of the future and further increase social value in construction..

The considerable increase in focus within the industry on the sustainable design, construction and use of buildings in recent decades suggests there is an appetite and ability to overlay additional value criteria onto the commissioning and appraisal of architectural schemes.Bryden Wood’s principle of Design to Value and the promotion of DfMA looks to bridge this gap, as the construction industry transitions to MMC.As well as this, our focus on data and metrics sets us aside from traditional practices.

We are well versed in using this data to evaluate, improve and continuously review our projects.Data, briefing and lessons learnt lead our design process, and set metrics and tangible outcomes to assess.. Flora Samuel and Eli Hatleskog’s collection of global stories published in Architectural Design outlines the opportunities available for the architectural profession in mapping and measuring the realisation of social capital through architectural design.

Although it is difficult to clearly articulate an agreed definition of social value, Samuel and Hatleskog have posited five key overlapping dimensions:.

jobs and apprenticeships.The sticking point is that in order for hydrogen to be used successfully as an ingredient in these alternative fuels, it needs to be very inexpensive, costing less than one dollar per kilogram.

This is significantly out of range for any of the prospects for renewables until 2050, largely because they are very dispersed, dilute energy sources.Despite building renewables in windy and sunny places, and combining them to increase the capacity factors, there’s still a cost to transport those fuels around the world, leading to high prices.

In contrast, with advanced heat sources, it’s possible to move into a shipyard based manufacturing environment to make offshore production platforms.These large, floating platforms are akin to what the oil and gas industries use today, and would enable us to achieve extremely low costs..