Table 6

The identified design strategies’ possible application to the shearing layers

Shearing layers
Design strategyStuffSpace planServiceStructureSkinSite
Open building concept xxxx 
Over-capacityxxxxxx
Demountable building componentsxxxxx 
Prefabricated building components xxxx 
Stackable building components  xxx 
Modular, standardised building componentsxxxxx 
Scenario planningxxx x 
Combined room function xxx  
Universal ceiling height xxxx 
General room sizes xxx  
Centralised location of infrastructure systems (infrastructure core) xxx  
Increased floor thickness for infrastructure systems  xxx 
Removable floor panels  xx  
Partition walls free from infrastructure installations xx   
Sliding walls x x  
Pre-cut openings in structural walls   x  
Combined product functionx     
Reversible connectionsxxxxx 
Renewable energy systemsxxxxxx
Aligning material measurements with building units and componentsxxxxx 
Durable materials for ease of maintenance, reuse and recyclingxxxxx 

Source(s): The author’s own work

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