The aim of this project was to produce an automated design tool for a structural building system comprised of a small number of truss assemblies, that could then be mass produced in an automated factory..

• trying things and failing fast.These processes act as a tool bag: one is never sure at the start of a project the necessary order of things – although dialogue always comes first..

Many clients might expect a roadmap that they can follow, but part of Design to Value is the capacity to live with a bit of uncertainty.Clients need to understand that their project team members might feel uncomfortable about a new and unfamiliar process and we encourage the senior client representative to reassure their team that this is expected and it’s okay.They need to understand that the standard processes are comfortably wrong: everyone feels comfortable about them but they produce the wrong answer, and that is because the path is predefined.. Once the values of a project are established, diagramming begins.

Visual language is key to articulating this.For instance, a client might express that they need a space to do.

X process in, which needs to be near a space that can handle Y process, which needs to be next to something else essential but perhaps seemingly unrelated, and they all need to have good light and be highly adaptable.

For this, a diagram to spatially explore how this might work is a key tool for communication and design.We know that the physical environment affects us directly, and it has been shown repeatedly that the patient experience of a beautiful and uplifting hospital environment makes a materially positive difference to clinical outcomes.. Clearly, all of these benefits are critical when healthcare is under such pressure – pressure which shows no signs of abating.

When public money is being spent at such scale, the opportunity to increase benefits across the piece while also making the money go further is surely one that we should seize.. A proven approach.Our approach is proven to work.

There is nothing stopping us from doing this other than inertia and reluctance among some parties to change from traditional methods of design and construction.But as recent events have shown, traditional is not good enough.. We need new approaches, and smart solutions.