In order to fully drive the change we’re seeking, we need to start delivering real projects.
We know from the.Lord Farmer Review into Family Ties.
that connections with family and friends are key to rehabilitation.The new design will have internal and external spaces in which prisoners and their visitors can socialise..The overall design allows for flexible use of spaces, meaning that facilities don’t go unused.
Many spaces are designed for multiple use, so classrooms can become communal rooms, and so on.. Central ‘resource hubs’ will house education facilities, libraries, full medical facilities, a gym, barbers and faith spaces, resembling a high street of services which is both normalising and promotes independence.. Of the standard building types, the most common is the house block, which represents nearly 60% of the accommodation on each site.Many of the innovations that came from this process are to be found in the house block:.
The new prison design signals the end of ‘gallery’ prisons.
The new design will have much smaller, 20 person spurs with a much more domestic atmosphere.What this means is that ultimately there are many different forms of P-DfMA which are appropriate.. With Platform construction (P-DfMA), we’ve attempted to take everything we’ve learned in our client work and embed it in a set of components that clients and the industry more generally can benefit from.
We’re focusing on the least amount of material, the lowest carbon materials, the highest levels of productivity.These are the driving principles of P-DfMA and industrialised construction more generally..
Automation in construction.In terms of maximising value, we must also address the reality that at present, the majority of an architect or designer’s time is spent documenting ideas, whereas in actuality, it is the creation of the idea in the first place which is the most value-adding element.