Managing Design Risk with Prototyping

Many of the projects TILT work on require a one-off site-specific design solution, so the opportunity to create a prototype is rare. It has been with great enthusiasm that the TILT team have embraced the chance to provide several for the UTS Central Project’s automated sun shade system.

In this case, the prototypes have been built to test two purposes - performance and aesthetics- in one single unit.

The central purpose of the prototype is to inform. It takes the design off the screen, offering the opportunity for all stakeholders to explore and review the criteria most important for them and ascertain whether these are being met within the current specifications.

There is considerable investment from both a time and money perspective in producing prototypes, and it is a wise piece of due diligence to test the product in order to improve manufacturing and mitigate design risk. It is a real pleasure to be working with The University of Technology and Richard Crookes Construction who both value a proper design process. 

Read the full article on design prototyping here.