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research
on design tools for a sustainable living environment
project team: Jörn Schiemann
support: University of Delft, Faculty of Architecture, Bernhard
Leupen |
The research focuses on specific typological models on the levels
of housing and urban planning. These models have been selected because
of their inherent qualities of being programmatically flexible.
The aim is to develop a ‘design tool kit’, containing
archetypical models to be implemented into a new design-context. By
doing so it is possible to investigate potential qualities and quantities
- and to develop alternative strategies. The research is based on
a historical approach, elaborating the characteristic features of the
different categories. In the second part, a range of architectonic models / prototypes is introduced and their capacities are analyzed.
The selection
of projects shows a range of models, some of them conceptual, that have been developed during the
period of collaborating with DKV architects.
By practising the strategy of ‘adaptable design’ the opportunity
arises to create a living environment of great sustainability. Plans
that are conceptualized as programmatically flexible / neutral from
the start, will maintain these qualities during the process of aging
and will be able to adapt to future needs. |
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