These large, floating platforms are akin to what the oil and gas industries use today, and would enable us to achieve extremely low costs..
Increased lifespan of buildings.Retaining the value of materials and building assets.. Design strategies for sustainable solutions in construction.
Define the metrics for the project from the outset so the whole team knows the goals..Prepare a material inventory with opportunities to reuse materials.Prepare a Circular Economy Statement which describes the strategies that the project is going to adopt.
This ensures everyone is working with the same processes in mind and any risks are known and managed from the outset.. Maximise reuse in the built environment.The key sustainable construction principle for reducing the quantity of new materials used in the industry is to build less.
This is most easily achieved by reusing existing building stock.
Existing buildings have the potential to be refurbished by retaining existing building elements and improving them to suit future uses..Khalifa agrees, ‘having a space has made a huge difference.
The open nature of the building really helps me.I like walking around to see what the other studios are putting up on their walls.
It really motivates me to keep on going and be creative.’ All of the GWS studios have glass walls, which means every stuck-up Post-it note or storyboard is showcased to the world giving away just a little bit of what lies beneath.It keeps the light moving as well as a sense of inspiration between the residents.. ‘We originally wanted a studio in the atrium, but they were all taken.