Digital school models feature ‘clusters’ of rooms, which adhere to Department for Education area/adjacency requirements.
In future, we hope to develop the app even further, to include elements like early stage embodied carbon assessment capability as well as expanding PRiSM’s geographical footprint which would require incorporating even more typologies.Developing versions for other cities is also a possibility.. A Step Towards a Truly Digital Planning Approach.
One thing we won’t do with PRiSM is duplicate functionality which already exists elsewhere.PRiSM doesn’t aim to displace any existing software, tools or workflows.With all of our Creative Technologies projects and automated design workflows at Bryden Wood, we aim to connect to other pieces of software that may be more proprietary - so that a user can carry on the design process in a more traditional way.
PRiSM is designed to be an additional tool in the kit, one which helps architects and designers do their jobs.It isn’t there to be a threat.
It’s a first step towards a digital planning approach.
Aggregating all of these data sets provides more insight into the context in which architects design.Grid Resilience and Renewables:.
Recent power outages in Spain and Portugal highlight the critical issue of grid inertia, a challenge exacerbated by the increasing integration of renewables like solar and wind power, which lack the 'spinning' stored energy of traditional turbines.Surging Energy Demand:.
New technologies, particularly AI data centres and the electrification of transport (e.g., electric cars), are driving unprecedented increases in demand for reliable power, putting significant strain on existing infrastructure.The Importance of 'Network Value':.