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Residential Architecture as Infrastructure will appeal to architects, urban designers, researchers and policy-makers interested in this international review of current projects, policies and business activities focused on Open Building implementation.
List of contents
PART 1: RESIDENTIAL OPEN BUILDING PROJECTS IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES 1. Basic Principles of an Infrastructure Model of the Building Stock Stephen Kendall 2. Open Building’s recent developments in the Netherlands Caroline Kruit 3. Open Building in Finland Carolin Franke 4. Quality Control by Levels – Steering the Design Process using BEA’s Project Book Jia Beisi 5. Open Building in Russia Nadezhda Koreneva 6. Open Building in the Global South Amira Osman PART 2: THE POLICY ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL OPEN BUILDING 7. The Future of Open Building resides in the Existing Stock Frank Bijdendijk 8. Japan’s Act Concerning the Promotion of Long-Life Quality Housing Kazunobu Minami 9. China’s 100-year housing law: It past and future Liu Dongwei and Wu Zhichao 10. Korea’s 100-year housing program Soo-am Kim and Hyeonjeong Yang PART 3: DEVELOPMENTS TOWARD A FIT-OUT INDUSTRY: THE KEY TO RESIDENTIAL OPEN BUILDING 11. Infill Systems: A New Industry John Habraken 12. How housing renovation is meeting the challenge of oversupply of dwelling units in Japan Yoshiro Morita and Yongsun Kim 13. Dualities of Interior Decoration Companies in China Li ShanShan 14. Developments Toward A RESIDENTIAL FIT-OUT Industry: The Key to a Sustainable Housing Stock Stephen Kendall Postscript: A Personal Note Stephen Kendall Glossary of Open Building Terms Index
About the author
Stephen H. Kendall, Ph.D., R.A. is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Ball State University and co-founder and vice president of the Council on Open Building. Dr. Kendall’s career in architectural practice, research and education spans more than 40 years. His research focuses on the Open Building approach needed to make buildings more adaptable, easier to customize to meet changing preferences and thus more sustainable. His work recognizes the increasing size and complexity of projects and the dynamics of living environments, the workplace and the marketplace where design must go beyond short-term uses and where control is distributed not only during initial planning but also over time.
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Residential Architecture as Infrastructure will appeal to architects, urban designers, researchers and policy-makers interested in this international review of current projects, policies and business activities focused on Open Building implementation.
