Guillermo Grillo Torres

‘There are lots of benefits...while my team work on the menu design, signage and website, etc., Anna’s team is concepting the interior.’.

Our vision is to use F.R.A.C to develop our Platform Approach to designing homes, offices, hospitals, schools and other buildings in a new and innovative way, with a kit of parts approach delivered using robotic technology.. We have already prototyped the robotic manufacture of components from our Platform system and our aim is not only to realise construction projects through robotic technology, but also to share our learnings with the industry and to make the building blocks of F.R.A.C available under open source license during 2020.. Read more about P-DFMA.How can we balance COVID-19, climate change and our energy bills?.As businesses get ready to reopen their office buildings while keeping to social distancing measures, what might the impact be on energy efficiency in those buildings – and the climate emergency?.

Before COVID-19, the climate emergency was very prominent in the media, and the UK was the first major country to commit to achieving zero carbon targets by 2050.With the current pandemic, however, the focus on buildings is moving away from energy efficient buildings, and towards healthy buildings.But can we have both?.

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has just released a. set of documents.which provide guidance for building owners and managers on how to start reoccupying their buildings.

The guidance relates to safe working practices and the assessment of building services..

Some of the key themes are around air: providing more fresh air and avoiding recirculating air.Complete and integrated design to prove compliance at the earliest stages..

However simplified, this is still construction, and the process still involves big data.However, the digital library can mobilise this wealth of data available.

No longer overwhelming, it becomes easy to manage and utilise.Designers can consider the most complex and vast strands of data and options immediately and simultaneously..