Xometry uses a widely distributed network of suppliers who can respond to requests which suit their capabilities and capacity.
It's a very interesting role,” he says..Still, Johnston acknowledges that the design community is currently meeting the idea of DfMA with more fear than excitement.. “The old cookie-cutter buildings get trotted out as a reason not to do DfMA,” he says.
“There’s so much to get on with, there's so much to build.There's so much opportunity in this space that designers should be seeing this as a phenomenal space to step into and an exciting place.But it doesn't feel like that's necessarily landing with the design community at the moment.”.
Marks describes the world of the “new possible,” where everyone becomes a productiser making products, where owners become true influencers, and where some, like the ‘super subs’, general contractors, and builders, become systems integrators.In this space, she says, it is only the architects who become more fully what they’ve always been and always set out to be..
In this new world, she says, the architects will “truly become empowered architects, when you actually put real things in their hands…”.
Johnston, an architect himself, is keen to reclaim the role.Addressing the Productivity Malaise Requires a Shift in Societal Mindset:.
The UK suffers from a widely recognised lack of productivity, and a low uptake of AI and robotics in SMEs..There's a perceived 'malaise' where society needs to reappraise its relationship with work and effort relative to desired per capita income, moving beyond merely changing environmental conditions to actively fostering growth.. 5.
Compelling Vision and Clear Measures are Needed to Engage and Drive Change:.The strategy lacks a clear, compelling vision and visual representation of what the UK could be, making it difficult to engage a wider audience beyond policy circles.. Establishing a single, understandable measure like GDP per person could provide a clear objective, showing how economic growth directly funds essential services like the NHS.. Watch Navigating the Energy Debate: Challenges and Solutions with Martin Wood, Adrian La Porta and John Dyson.on scale took me on a journey from Mitochondria.
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