ABSTRACT
New technologies and business models can leapfrog over thinking and leave it standing, allowing industries to escape the bounds of convention. New business models show how thinking differently about ownership can enable valuable resources to be kept in high-value cycles, where manufacturers retain ownership of the product or incentivise return to ensure that components and materials are kept in circulation. New designs could be inspired by the way that nature uses structure and form to create stiffness, flexibility and even colour from its limited palette of materials. The collaborative approach used by Delta Development allows it to have a direct relationship with the manufacturers and suppliers, which allows them to focus on materials and products selection, and to nurture innovative design solutions. The materials and components in buildings can be fully catalogued using BIM so they can become materials banks for generations.
