schiemann weyers
architects

'adaptable design', research project

research on design tools for a sustainable living environment
research team: Jörn Schiemann / DKV architecten
projects: Jörn Schiemann / DKV architecten
support: University of Delft, Faculty of Architecture, Bernhard Leupen

The research focuses on specific typological models on the levels of housing and urban planning. The models have been selected because of their inherent qualities of being programmatically flexible.
The aim was to develop a ‘design tool kit’, containing archetypical models to be implemented into a new design-context. It allows to investigate potential qualities and quantities - and to develop simultaniously alternative strategies. The research elaborates and evaluates the characteristic features of the postulated categories. Architectonic models / prototypes are introduced and their capacities are analysed.
The selection of projects comprises a range of models that have mainly been developed and applied during the period of collaborating with DKV architects.
Designs that are conceptualised as programmatically flexible / neutral / adaptable from the very beginning, are maintaining these qualities during the process of aging. This approach contributes to a sustainable environment.

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