Columns - standard square hollow sections are used with little/no ‘fabrication’ (a single hole is punched or laser cut in each column);.
Bringing learning to every healthcare design project.In addition to bringing fresh eyes and ideas to every project, we also build on the learning that we gather from other projects.
Our early work with Circle Reading Hospital provided us with excellent foundations: for that project we conducted extensive research into the use dynamics of a hospital, optimising the layout to deliver a hospital with a design that allowed a significantly improved experience for both staff and patients.. Our intention was to develop a set of standard processes and techniques that we would apply to all of our healthcare design projects, while allowing for the specific brief for each facility.Over the years, we have continually refined and improved these common elements to improve the efficiency of production of design information and the quality of the end product,.while also delivering certainty of cost and programme.. We brought all of this learning to Birmingham.
As at Reading, our primary focus was on the quality of the user experience for patients and staff, as well as the efficiency and usability of the building..In 2012 we won the Best Patient Experience Award for Circle Reading at the Building Better Healthcare awards.. Hospital Design for flexibility and change.
We also worked hard to make sure that the design of the hospital was flexible and adaptable.
One recurring issue with hospitals is that the technology they house develops at pace and, as we have seen this year, the demands hospitals face can change very quickly.The path to a sustainable future.. With the growing interest in net zero buildings and sustainable construction, Bryden Wood have developed and implemented their own hierarchy to reduce both operational and embodied carbon.
These hierarchies define the roadmap to achieve good and best practice performance targets defined by bodies such as LETI, RIBA or GLA.An essential part of the hierarchy, and one of the key focuses of Bryden Wood’s design approach is DfMA, which enables substantial embodied carbon reduction and creates synergies to further reduce operational carbon.
The implementation of DfMA combined with energy efficiency measures, specification of low carbon materials and carbon offset measures is the proposed pathway to the delivery of successful net zero carbon buildings.. To learn more about our Design to Value approach to design and construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesBased on a conversation with Phil Langley and Maria Mamoura, Directors of Bryden Wood's Creative Technologies team.. Where is the value in ‘construction technology’, ‘generative design’ or ‘automation in construction’?