In these types of examples, governance and transactional issues are less of an issue.

Construction and the wider built environment will miss out.But it doesn’t have to be that way.

We took SEISMIC, our school design app, to a primary school in Hackney.This digitally intuitive generation of Minecraft players already have many of the skills we need.They were excited by the app.

It stimulated their creativity and imaginations.We must begin exploring these subjects with children earlier, encouraging education around topics like automation and DfMA, alongside digital skills, tools and techniques in degree courses.

These subjects shouldn’t be perceived as specialisms.

We must start implementing them as the fundamental way we design going forwards..platform approach to DfMA.

has demonstrated the potential to transform the way buildings are delivered at scale..However, the unique challenges of constructing battery factories require careful planning for DfMA to fulfil its promise..

Adopting a DfMA Mindset.Successfully realising the benefits of DfMA is not easy, especially for complex projects like battery factories.