... won the commission to design a major multi-purpose building on a high school campus with an open-ended program and a desire for flexibility. The design team proposed a loft building and designed it to be highly adaptable by employing strategies espoused by the internationally recognized open building...

...’ aids in identifying the literature gaps and challenges hindering the optimal execution of development frameworks. Findings The process involves investigating the evolution of urban development attributes, such as the built environment, adaptive reuse, culture, community and economy, that correspond...

... as the influence of economic and legal factors on future adaptability. Design/methodology/approach By analyzing and comparing Patch22 and Top-Up, this paper identifies the principles necessary for implementing Open Building in practice. Findings The adaptability of buildings to future uses largely depends...

... for the project and elaborate on the building process and its outcome. © 2018 Open House International 2018 Licensed re-use rights only. Housing Development Landscape Nature Sustainability Adaptability Avi friedman AdAptAtion of SuStAinAble Community to the Site S nAturAl Condition. open house...

...Hui Zeng Land policy plays an important role in urban development planning. The value of land use depends on the nature and scale of urban land use. Based on this, in the study and analysis, the adaptation between regional land finance and urban planning and construction was discussed. First of all...

...Huawei Liang In recent years, China has accelerated the modernization and renovation of the sports facilities, which greatly promoted the development of sports in China. However, adaptability and renovation experience in our country is lacking, moreover, the reconstruction of the stadium has...

... placement and creative storage fixtures. © 2012 Open House International 2012 Licensed re-use rights only. Narrow townhouses Space efficiency Adaptability Affordability DESIGN PRINCIPALS OF NARROW TOWNHOUSE; FOR AFFORDABILITY AND ADAPTABILITY open house international Vol.37 No.3, September...

...Quazi M. Mahtab-uz-Zaman At a time, when there are world-wide calls for sustainable building design and construction focusing on building adaptation and remodeling rather than demolition and replacement, a local system of remodeling and functional adaptation has been applied in many residential...

...Toru Eguchi; Robert Schmidt, III; Andrew Dainty; Simon Austin; Alistair Gibb This paper explores the adaptability of buildings in Japan from the perspective of three distinct practice typologies: large general contractors, large architectural design firms, and small design ateliers. The paper...

... of buildings using evolutionary algorithms characterized by Darwin. As a working model for development, the evolutionary algorithm consists of variation, selection and reproduction (VSR algorithm). The result of a VSR algorithm is adaptability (Buskes 2008). If this working model is applied to architecture...

...Mahta Mirmoghtadaee Traditional Iranian houses, were built of heavy, voluminous building materials resulting in massive bearing wall structures. Such buildings had fixed architectural spaces, with defined boundaries and dimensions. However, the need for adaptability was fulfilled through creating...

...Eyal Karni In this paper, a conceptual approach concerning architectural design of openings (mainly windows) in façades of adaptable dwelling units is presented. This approach stems from a design objective, which aims at providing user flexibility to adaptable dwelling units by utilizing moveable...