Sustainable building adaptation : innovations in decision-making /
How to adapt existing building stock is a problem being addressed by local and state governments worldwide. In most developed countries we now spend more on building adaptation than on new construction and there is an urgent need for greater knowledge and awareness of what happens to commercial buil...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, England :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2014.
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Colección: | Innovation in the built environment.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Sustainable Building Adaptation: Innovations in Decision-Making; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Preface: The Rise of Building Adaptation; Part I Building Adaptation; 1 Defining Adaptation; 1.1Introduction; 1.2Terminology; 1.3The Significance of Building Adaptation; 1.4Decision-Making Issues in Building Adaptation; 1.5Decision Options and Levels of Adaptation; 1.6Adaptation and Different Land Uses; 1.7Conclusion; References; 2 Drivers and Barriers for Adaptation; 2.1Introduction; 2.2Building Life Cycle Theory; 2.3Building Performance Theory.
- 2.4Building Adaptation Theory and Sustainability2.4.1 Social Factors; 2.4.2 Environmental Factors; 2.4.3 Cost and Economic Factors; 2.5Other Attributes Associated with Adaptation; 2.5.1 Physical Attributes; 2.5.2 Locational and Land Use Attributes; 2.5.3 Legal Attributes; 2.6Conclusion; References; 3 Assessing Adaptation Using PAAM; 3.1Introduction; 3.2Preliminary Assessment; 3.3Principal Component Analysis; 3.4Preliminary Adaptation Assessment Model; 3.5Illustrative Case Study; 3.5.1 Building Description; 3.5.2 Assessing a Building for 'Alterations' Adaptation; 3.6Conclusion; References.
- 4 Sustainable Adaptation: A Case Study of the Melbourne CBD4.1Introduction; 4.2The Context for Adaptation; 4.3 Typical Sustainability Measures Used in Commercial Building Adaptation; 4.4Sustainable Adaptation Case Studies; 4.4.1 131 Queen Street; 4.4.2 Alto Hotel (636 Bourke Street); 4.4.3 247 Flinders Lane (Ross House); 4.4.4 490 Spencer Street; 4.4.5 500 Collins Street; 4.4.6 406 Collins Street; 4.4.7 182 Capel Street; 4.4.8 115 Batman Street; 4.4.9 385 Bourke Street; 4.4.10 530 Collins Street; 4.5Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Adaptation Measures; 4.5.1 Owners; 4.5.2 Age.
- 4.5.3 Location4.5.4 Aesthetics; 4.5.5 Location of Vertical Services; 4.5.6 Existing Land Use; 4.5.7 Floor Area; 4.5.8 Street Frontage; 4.5.9 Historic Listing; 4.5.10 Number of Storeys; 4.5.11 PCA Grade; 4.5.12 Attachment to Other Buildings; 4.5.13 Site Access; 4.6Conclusion; References; Part II Adaptive Reuse; 5 Building Obsolescence and Reuse; 5.1Introduction; 5.2Conversion Research Worldwide; 5.3Building Lifespan and Obsolescence; 5.3.1 Technical Lifespan; 5.3.2 Functional Lifespan; 5.3.3 Economic Lifespan; 5.4Obsolescence and Vacancy.
- 5.5Quality and Obsolescence: User-Based Property Assessment5.6 The Physical Characteristics of Structurally Vacant Office Buildings; 5.6.1 Structure and Floors; 5.6.2 Floor Layout, Building Length and Depth; 5.6.3 Façade; 5.6.4 Stairs and Elevators; 5.6.5 Location Characteristics; 5.7Selected Adaptive Reuse Projects; 5.8Conclusion; References; 6 Reuse versus Demolition; 6.1Introduction; 6.2Decision-Making Criteria; 6.3Tools, Scans and Instruments; 6.3.1 The Transformation Meter; 6.3.2 Programmatic Quick Scan; 6.3.3 Architectural Value; 6.3.4 The Architects' Method.