HTA Design has won an AJ100 award for its work on the Digitising Custom Build project. The Best Use of Technology accolade was presented to the firm for its collaborative work with Slider Studio and Kingspan Potton on the Heartlands project, alongside Carillion igloo and Cornwall Council.
Heartlands is located in Pool and makes up part of the area’s wider regeneration – it was inspired by town-planning procedures in the city of Almere, the Netherlands. For plots within the Heartlands masterplan, Slider Studio and HTA Design created software prototypes and CAD tools to allow Kingspan Potton to present a range of custom build house types to prospective buyers. The built-in design options enable clients to easily see the choices available to them, meaning they can fully investigate and discuss all avenues before making any final decisions for their home.
For the award, HTA stood out from the crowd thanks to the way the project demonstrates the application of an exceptionally clear idea. In addition, judges were impressed that HTA Design has developed a much-needed tool with enormous potential to rationalise, expedite and democratise planning processes in Britain.
What is Digitising Custom Build?
The Digitising Custom Build (DCB) project is a collaborative R&D project developing digital tools and methods to help those wanting to buy, design, build and live in a custom build home. These tools will help housing professionals and their customers to better manage the planning and design, customisation and sales, on-site construction and handover stages of new custom build homes.
The technology aims to unlock creativity and facilitate the growth of a large scale custom build housing market in the UK, such as you see elsewhere in Europe and most of the developed world.
Project partners include NaCSBA, HTA Design, Stickyworld, Slider Studio, Facit Homes, Axis Design Architects, Commusoft and Igloo. For more information, visit customisehomes.com
