Adaptable Design
Adaptable Design

Author: Peihua Gu

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2024-01-15

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 9819958695

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This book provides a comprehensive discussion of Adaptable Design (AD). It covers the conception, method, and application of AD to the real-world product design. AD's benefits are substantial as it upgrades, reuses, remanufactures and recycles products throughout the product lifecycle. It rapidly adapts the existing design in development of new designs. Key elements of AD include rationalized function structures, adaptable product architectures, adaptable interfaces, and adaptability evaluations. The main feature of AD is adaptability in design methods and product applications with general and specific adaptability. AD has also modeling and evaluating adaptabilities.

Adaptable Architecture
Adaptable Architecture

Author: Robert Schmidt III

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-12

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1317526449

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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.

Adaptable Architecture
Adaptable Architecture

Author: Robert Schmidt III

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-12

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1317526457

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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.

Adaptable Housing
Adaptable Housing

Author: James A. Bostrom

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1994-05

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 0788107682

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Contains both general and technical info. about adaptable housing and is intended for disabled and non-disabled people, builders, developers, managers, architects, product mfrs., gov't. officials, and building code officials. Explains adaptable features as specified in the nat'l. and fed. standards. Provides background info. on the development of adaptable design, and defines and explains adaptable housing. Includes extensive information methods, costs, and examples, especially kitchens and bathrooms. List and sources of available products. Photos and drawings.

Design Intervention (Routledge Revivals)
Design Intervention (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Wolfgang F. E. Preiser

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1317500601

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Design Intervention: Toward a More Humane Architecture, first published in 1991, intends to demonstrate that interest in social issues is alive and well in architecture, that there is a small but effective cadre of dedicated professionals who continue to commit themselves to solving social problems, and that architecture is being applied to the alleviation of the social ills of our time. The editors and contributors in this book have all grappled with their own definitions of design innovation, and express in practical and useful ways their ideas for contributing to a better and less needy world through the architecture they describe. This book will be of interest to students of architecture.

The Adaptable House
The Adaptable House

Author: Avi Friedman

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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"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.

Climate Adaptability of Buildings
Climate Adaptability of Buildings

Author: Mitja Košir

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-04-27

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 3030184560

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This book examines bioclimatic design with a focus on the application of climate adaptability in the design of future buildings and renovation of existing energy-efficient buildings. It addresses the challenge of how to construct and renovate buildings so that they maintain desired performance even as the climate changes in future decades. The book is divided into six chapters that guide the reader from basic concepts to discussions on specific aspects of bioclimatic design, including: Why do we construct buildings and why do they matter? Where should we get started with bioclimatic design? The opportunities and potential held by climate for the by bioclimatic architecture and design. How and why should we design bioclimatic buildings to accommodate future climatic conditions? Climatic changes and implications for the bioclimatic design of buildings. The author presents an overview of effective bioclimatic design strategies that enable climate-adaptable buildings. He also addresses the problems of designing with climate, which are relevant for all types of building design—in particular, the implications for bioclimatic buildings that are intrinsically connected to the climate they were adapted to. The book combines representative examples, diagrams, and illustrations, and concludes each chapter by reviewing the most important findings and concepts discussed. The book offers a valuable source of information for researchers and architectural engineers, who will gain essential insights into the process of using the available tools and data to design buildings that can respond to future climate challenges, as well as a general introduction into the field of bioclimatic building design. The book will also be of interest to graduate students and architects, as it approaches bioclimatic design with a particular focus on the analytical design process for such buildings.

Manufacturing Process and Equipment
Manufacturing Process and Equipment

Author: Xiang Hua Liu

Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd

Published: 2013-05-14

Total Pages: 3974

ISBN-13: 3038260746

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Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering (4th ICMSE 2013), March 30-31, 2013, Dalian, China

Design for Adaptability in Mass Housing
Design for Adaptability in Mass Housing

Author: Guopeng Li

Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA

Published: 2020-11-05

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1618969870

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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.