These different levels will often result in a hierarchy of Chips, so that big Chips can later be broken into small Chips.
The growing importance of physical and mental wellbeing in architecture and design.Due to the side effects of COVID-19, physical and mental wellbeing are becoming a key priority for many building developers, designers and construction companies.. Buildings (residential and commercial) are places to live and work but increasingly also to play and move, with a strong focus on physical activity and active lifestyles.
Active buildings include changing facilities and bike storage to foster sustainable and healthier modes of transport, prioritise the use of stairs, and have flexible layouts and spaces to accommodate sports activities..Mental wellbeing can be promoted through healthy design by improving visual quality (daylight levels, views out and adoption of circadian lighting), thermal comfort (improved envelope performance and equipment efficiency, allowing natural ventilation and enabling adaptive comfort via flexible dress codes) and acoustic quality (reducing noise intrusion, and reverberation times, provision of quiet areas, etc.)..Additionally, a biophilic design with a strong connection to nature has multiple healing and psychological benefits to building occupants..
Holistic approach to design for wellbeing.Bryden Wood’s design for wellbeing experience.
Bryden Wood has extensive experience in the design of hospitals, residential buildings and offices, all of which are typologies where design for wellbeing is becoming increasingly important.
The following case studies show some of our recent lessons learnt in the design of healthier buildings and the adoption of wellbeing standards..Ultimately, these things are all related to the issue of productisation in construction.. Construction waste makes up 40% of our landfills, Marks says, adding that this happens because we’re changing things and cutting them after the fact.. A switch to industrialised construction, with an industry deploying manufacturing processes, would be highly beneficial to the issue of sustainability in construction.. Marks also invites us to consider the ancillary benefits of creating a factory: a workforce composed of diverse ages and populations, economic sustainability for that factory around the world, social sustainability, industry sustainability (because the construction workforce is an aging population) and, of course, environmental sustainability.. She highlights the level of current dissatisfaction and the focus on our planet - our dwindling supply of resources: people, things, and materials.. “We can’t all live on this planet unless we get better at this,” Marks says.
“That’s what’s actually changing this.People are making that connection.
And we're becoming more of a global economy as well, so they're seeing examples.”.These days she’s starting to see “masses of the big players change their behaviour.”.