Here are two exploratory papers I wrote a while back. I am currently developing some examples in this area.
The first paper sets out a possible alternative approach to construction and engineering for projects in which many of the skills required are available only remotely to the project itself. The basic idea is based on a possibly fanciful idea of how Gothic construction projects may have been carried out, and in particular the role of the rose window. The paper sets out an agenda to explore the possibilities that buildings (and by extension other forms of engineering) may be carried out using a sort of genetic "seed" rather than via blueprints.
The second paper takes a broader look at some possible scenarios in the context specifically of a post-Mugabe Zimbabwe. The ideas set out in the first paper form one part of this, and some of those ideas are developed further, along with approaches for verification and validation of works carried out.
Disclaimer: These papers are very much a "work in progress" and are not written to the standards I would consider appropriate for a completed academic paper. They are replicated here in order to give some visibility of this work going forward
I have since developed (on paper only) a number of examples of this approach. When time allows, I will try and scan or diagram these into a computer-readable format.