Adaptable Architecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Adaptable Architecture write by Robert Schmidt III. This book was released on 2016-05-12. Adaptable Architecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Adaptable Architecture provides thought-provoking and inquisitive insights into how we can prolong the useful life of buildings by designing them to be more adaptable, and hence create a more sustainable built environment. The book provides a theoretical foundation counterpointed by the experiences and ideas of those involved in the design and use of buildings. It explains many approaches to designing for change, with lessons from history, and case studies including The Cedar Rapids Public Library, Kentish Town Health Centre and Folkestone Performing Arts Centre, which stretch our thinking beyond the conventional notions of adaptability. The authors reveal the many conditions that make it a complex design phenomenon, by considering the purpose, design and business case of buildings as well as the physical product. Full of summaries, diagrams, reference charts, tables, and photos of exemplar solutions for use as conversational tools or working aids, this book is for any professional or student who wants to research, question, imagine, illustrate - and ultimately design for - adaptation. In addition, further information and resources are available through the Adaptable Futures website www.adaptablefutures.com which includes additional case studies, videos, information about industry events and up-to-the-minute developments.
Design for Adaptability in Mass Housing
Design for Adaptability in Mass Housing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Design for Adaptability in Mass Housing write by Guopeng Li. This book was released on 2020-11-05. Design for Adaptability in Mass Housing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Before discussing the research itself in greater depth, it is beneficial at this stage to introduce the background to the research. To do so, the chapter is divided into four parts. The first part of the chapter summarises terminologies associated with adaptability, and goes on to define and elaborate on the meaning of adaptability in this research study. The second part of this chapter defines mass housing; the development of mass housing and its problems are also illustrated. In the third part, as the key solution for addressing housing occupants’ requirements and accommodating changes, the importance of adaptability in improving overall housing quality, particularly from a social, financial, and environmental point of view, is outlined. The sustainability of adaptability is also discussed. Even though studies of adaptability have been developed structurally, functionally, technically and financially, adaptability still occupies a marginal position due to the production of mass housing. The final part of the chapter rethinks the notion of adaptability for mass housing. Factors of mass housing related to social, financial, technical and design issues and which address adaptability are explored. Lastly, it is revealed that the design aspect of adaptability is chosen as the research focus in this research study.
Flexible Housing
Flexible Housing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flexible Housing write by Jeremy Till. This book was released on 2016-09-19. Flexible Housing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Flexible housing is housing that can adjust to the changing needs of the user and accommodate new technologies as they emerge. Flexible Housing by Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider examines the past, present and future of this important subject through over 160 international examples. Specially commissioned plans, printed to scale, together with over 200 illustrations and diagrams provide fascinating detail and allow direct visual comparisons to be made. Combining history, theory and design the book explains the social and economic benefits that can be achieved and shows the various ways it has been and can be delivered. The book ends with an accessible guide to how flexible housing might be designed and constructed today to achieve adaptable and ultimately sustainable buildings. Housing designers, housing managers and students of architecture, construction and housing will find this book of immense value both as a comprehensive reference and design manual.
The Adaptable House
The Adaptable House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Adaptable House write by Avi Friedman. This book was released on 2002. The Adaptable House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Adaptable House provides specific design approaches and techniques that facilitate flexible design - both on the inside and out. These principles make it simple to alter a dwelling's layout, demolish partitions or build new ones, upgrade heating systems, and change the locations of staircases."--BOOK JACKET.
Frame and Generic Space
Frame and Generic Space - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Frame and Generic Space write by Bernard Leupen. This book was released on 2006. Frame and Generic Space available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The average lifespan of a house is somewhere around 100 years. During that time it will see many mutations in household composition and related spatial rituals. Designers are therefore faced with the task of giving form to something that is constantly subject to change. Many studies into flexibility focus on the changeable, on movable partitions and variation in the internal layout. The present study takes not the changeable but the permanent as its departure-point. The permanent--i.e. the more durable component of the house or building--constitutes the frame within which change can take place, while the frame defines the generic space, the space in which change can occur.
