Promotion: window producer Velux and Danish structure studio EFFEKT have created a design software to assist architects and builders construct sustainably “with little price and energy”.
The Compass Mannequin is a seven-point framework that goals to streamline completely different types of sustainability into the design course of from the outset of a constructing venture.
It champions an strategy to housing which is equally helpful for each folks and the planet.
The primary venture constructed utilizing the mannequin is Dwelling Locations Copenhagen, a prototype low-carbon housing growth unveiled within the Danish capital to coincide with the UIA World Congress of Architects.
The venture noticed Velux and EFFEKT use the Compass Mannequin to create new variations of the common Danish dwelling, constructed with a considerably decrease carbon footprint with out including any extra price.
The purpose, in response to Velux, is to make it simpler for the constructing business to shift to low-carbon building.
“This free software gives a easy, holistic framework for the planning, ideation and design of sustainable buildings,” stated Velux.
The mannequin makes use of an incremental strategy to supply completely different ranges of steerage at completely different levels of a venture.
On the preliminary idea stage, it really works round seven “strategic drivers” named Versatile, High quality, Atmosphere, Wholesome, Group, Native and Reasonably priced.
For the design stage, the strategic drivers increase into an inventory of 28 “design drivers”, which cowl areas that embody sturdiness, lifecycle, materials sourcing, acoustics and variety.
Every design driver is then measured in opposition to easy-to-understand “efficiency drivers”, which come into play in essentially the most superior levels of the design course of.
“The Compass gives an incremental strategy to information the constructing and growth course of,” stated Velux.
“You’ll make extra knowledgeable, sustainable design selections from the beginning, with little price and energy. The sooner these concerns are introduced into the method, the higher the impression.”
The Compass Mannequin performed a key position within the design and planning course of for Dwelling Locations Copenhagen.
“The Compass Mannequin has confirmed to be a useful asset all through the design course of, serving as a guideline for figuring out the mandatory areas of analysis, informing decision-making, and selling a important strategy that has enabled us to find progressive options to challenges that can’t be addressed by means of standard strategies,” added Velux.
For extra details about the Compass Mannequin, go to the Velux Construct for Dwell web site.
The images is by Adam Mørk.
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