Design Configurator.
The Forge - a development of two nine-storey commercial office buildings – is a collaboration between., Bryden Wood as architects and engineers, and the prototyping and fabricating company.
The building’s landmark status comes from the culmination of many years of thinking and development.It delivers a raft of benefits to the built environment and significant reductions in embodied and operational carbon..Embodied carbon calculations were undertaken by Cundall, on behalf of Landsec.
Cundall updated the calculations at every stage of design, from the Business as Usual (BaU) design in 2018, the incorporation of P-DfMA by Bryden Wood in 2019, through to completion in 2023.The BaU scheme was a traditionally designed office building with a steel frame and a concrete slab, a large basement beneath both buildings and gas fired heating system.
In contrast, the built scheme used P-DfMA, worked to minimise the size of the basement and decarbonised the MEP services using heat pumps..
The results showed that the upfront carbon (the carbon used on day one to manufacture the materials, transport them to site, and to install them) was reduced by.Importance of early integration of sustainability.
Pablo stressed the necessity of embedding sustainability discussions early in the design process to ensure these principles are deeply rooted in the project.By doing so, teams can leverage collaborative workshops and iterative processes to refine sustainability goals continually.. 5.
Data-driven and science-based approaches.The discussion underscored the importance of a data-driven approach in the field of sustainable design and construction.