Housing is infrastructure
Housing is a key challenge globally.
Zoning, finance, construction costs, shifting demographics, skills shortages are converging to cause a housing crisis.
Giraffe works with governments, contractors, designers and developers around the world to build systemic, data driven responses to the housing crisis.
From zoning, to design feasibility to dfma: Giraffe provides strategic digital enablement.
This page shows some of the ways Giraffe can help.
.webp)
Create plans
Setting the rules to balance the needs of the existing community with the need for housing.
Test feasibility and urban form at the same time, and run different policy settings quickly.
A data driven argument that considers design and feasibility.
Here the urban designer plays with various stepback options→
.webp)
Automate approvals
Some assessment is subjective and human.
But most of it is checking areas, dimensions like height and setback, and other things that a computer can do brilliantly.
You can use the Giraffe platform to build an assessment tool for your city.
← In this example the pattern book app only shows those patterns which fit in the setback envelop.e
.webp)
Think using libraries of components
Build libraries of dwelling, or unit, types, at any level of detail.
You don't need to be thinking in terms of fabrication, or manufacturing.
Standard product libraries drive efficiency and evolution even if they are traditionally delivered.
In this example a library of apartment types is assembled into a building by algorithm. →
Typology agnostic, and able to go deep
Apartments, mid rise, terraces or detached homes. Giraffe is built from first principles so can describe all typologies.
You can use the technology to go deep into the delivery and fabrication workflow.
Automate data pipelines into CAD, BIM or fabrication databases.
