methodology here.. We introduced this concept to the New Hospitals Programme, developing the initial ‘Hospital 2.0’ solution.
Bringing up digital twins, she reiterates that it’s only through productisation, not process, that we’ll have the level of certainty needed to be able to do things correctly and to the best effect.However, she cautions that we can’t just jump straight from our current position, which she likens to “crawling out of the primordial ooze,” to an end goal of mass customisation akin to ordering a bespoke, Nike shoe.. Jaimie Johnston says that at the moment, there are still too many breaks in the digital chain to get us exactly where we need to go.. “We never get operational data in a particularly sensible format,” he says.
“You know, the statutory approvals process isn't digital.”.He says that to get the benefits we’re seeking, all of these other aspects need to be reconciled first, and one of the things that will enable that is productisation.It’s not really “anything to do with DfMA,” he says, or whether it's a panelised, or volumetric or Platform system.
“You're miles away from that if we don't get all of these other ecosystem elements in place to support it.”.Johnston recalls a bathroom pod project early in his own career, where the beautifully designed, millimetre-perfect pods had to be inserted into a traditionally built building.. Aiming for efficiency in such modular projects carries risk..
He says that far too much time was spent fixing the gaps between the manufactured and traditional parts.
Whilst the insides of the pods were identical, the outside utility connections were different every single time.Houses and buildings are sized to wrap around humans and floor heights set to allow humans to walk upright.
The first factories were simply extensions on houses and the machines and equipment were generally sized to fit into slightly large rooms.Of course, technology has pushed these boundaries to some degree and there are now large process plants like refineries or mega-factories..
The railway system of the world is scaled around the size of a horse and cart as that was the predominant transport technology when they came into existence.. Moving down in scale, we scale craft and industrial laboratory equipment so that humans can interact with it using their hands.. Evolution is an excellent process to improve and adapt size and function to meet the demands of survival.Its downside for humans is that in the context of the human lifespan it is very slow.