Orms initiative would allow data on materials within existing buildings to be scanned with phones

East London practice Orms has unveiled a new initiative for architects to gather information about materials in a building to decide whether they can be reused.

The concept, known as a materials ‘passport’, would allow architects to use their phones to scan QR codes, matrix barcodes, imprinted on materials within buildings to access information about them.

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