Offsite housing? There’s an app for that

By Mark Farmer2019-07-08T05:00:00

An open-source app to facilitate early planning for using offsite systems should help drive a modern way of working

Last month in London a new digital platform was launched that could mark a real milestone in evolving how we design and plan residential buildings. Prism is a web-based, open-source application that helps developers and their teams consider the opportunities for using pre-manufactured building systems at the very earliest point in the development cycle. It is the first openly available city-wide technology application of its kind in the world.

The application has been developed in a partnership between my business, Cast and the tech-led design consultancy, Bryden Wood. It has been sponsored by the mayor of London, as part of his London Housing Strategy commitment to promote precision manufactured housing.

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