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Research methods Where is the balance between adaptability and…
Research methods
Where is the balance between
adaptability and optimisation?
What are the upfront costs of adaptability?
What makes a building adaptable?
What are the DfA strategies?
What are the causes of building obsolescence? (Thomsen & van der Flier, 2011)
Do the DfA strategies actually avoid these causes of obsolescence?
Physical
Aging, wear, weathering, fatigue
Poor design / construction / maintenance / management
Impact of nearby construction, traffic, seismic activity, etc.
Government regulation, taxation, rising standards, technology
Behavioural
Maltreatment, misuse, overload
Changed functions, use, occupants behaviour
Filtering, social deprivation, criminality, urban blight
Shrinking demand, competitive options, technology, fashion
Open layouts
Building massing
Service void provision
Column spacing
Reserve capacity
Foundation reserve capacity
Lateral stability reserve capacity
Column reserve capacity
Durable materials
High construction/quality specification
Separation of layers for service replacement
Building massing flexibility (retrofittable atria)
How would this be designed?
Access for assessment/maintenance
Building passports
How do these carbon costs vary for different initial use types?
What are the upfront savings of optimisation?
What are the LD strategies?
Do these LD strategies limit adaptability?
What are the long-term savings of adaptability?
What are the future changes which will necessitate adaptation or obsolescence?
To what extent will these future changes occur (e.g. how many buildings require X / how much percentage increase in X)?
Vertical extension
Use change
ULS change
SLS change
Space requirement change
What are the long-term costs of optimisation?
What are the future scenarios which might happen, within which these buildings will need to adapt?
How do these different future scenarios change the balance between DfA and LD?