A Platforms approach places no constraint on the architect’s freedom to create a uniquely beautiful building that responds to its environment..

The core purpose of the project drives the analysis that informs the selection of Chips..Defining Chips for the project.

At a point in each project, we go through the process of defining Chips for that project, in order to develop a Chip library.This can start with a reference design, or a blank piece of paper.Or we might start with a similar type of project for which we've generated Chips in the past.. Chips can be made at different levels.

A chip is not a module or a piece of equipment, it's a part of a chain.Depending on the problem you're trying to address, you can set the level of the size of the Chip to the level that is appropriate to your analysis.

A chip can, therefore, be a whole factory, a building, a production line, or a single machine within a production line.

These different levels will often result in a hierarchy of Chips, so that big Chips can later be broken into small Chips.There are four principles that enable us to operate in this way:.

A common language allows people with diverse areas of expertise, including those not normally involved in design and construction, to participate fully in design decisions.This is much more effective than a conventional approach where you might produce engineering drawings or documentation and then hand them to a user group who will then take additional time to review and pass comment.

And, of course, if people are fully involved in generating solutions, they're more likely to adopt them..Visual information is vital in communicating complex issues.