Adaptability of mass housing: size modification of flats as a response to segregation

Huuhka, Satu; Saarimaa, Sini

doi:10.1108/ijbpa-01-2018-0011

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“…Categorising the values explored in every study, similar patterns have been found for stage 1 (230 articles) and stage 2 (45 articles). Figure 2(a) illustrates the 1:3 ratio between the number of studies that focus on one specific type of value and studies that explore more (Huuhka, 2018;Song, 2012;Adair, 2014;Asan, 2018). The functionality of residential areas as a research topic is not limited to the financial-economic discipline, explaining the large share of research studies focussing on economic values.…”

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Methods in assessing the values of architecture in residential neighbourhoods

Spoormans

Roders

2020

IJBPA

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PurposeAlthough residential neighbourhoods are the largest and most resilient share of a city and the process of urban conservation and renewal is ongoing, methods to assess their values are limited. This paper presents the results of a systematic literature review, revealing the state of the art and its knowledge gaps with regard to methods for assessing values of architecture in residential neighbourhoods.Design/methodology/approachThe systematic literature review is based on studies selected by a research protocol, using a digital database of peer-reviewed literature. A metanarrative approach is used to synthesise the qualitative data from reviewed articles. This review has two stages: (1) giving an overview of the field and (2) categorising research methods and disciplines.FindingsThe review revealed a wide variety of studies from different disciplines and deduced its key trends, titled as “storylines”, concerning the methods to assess significance, integrating a broader scope of values and different perspectives. In particular, the “storylines” outside traditional heritage disciplines offer methods to include more stakeholders, link value assessment to policy development or highlight heritage potential. Results reveal the diversity in concepts and strengthen the need for an interdisciplinary vocabulary on values and methods, enabling planners and policymakers to compare their results and help to create more attractive and resilient cities.Originality/valueBy reviewing and comparing the selected studies from a wider range of disciplines and research fields, this paper shares insights into the complementary characteristics of the different types of value research, outlining the added value of the different perspectives.

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Section: Type Of Valuesmentioning

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Methods in assessing the values of architecture in residential neighbourhoods

Spoormans

Roders

2020

IJBPA

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“…In addition to the advantage that smaller size rooms may offer, providing rooms, which like the guestroom in the CRH flat, allow for independent use of sanitary conveniences, become even more useful. The possibilities for apartment sharing draws attention to the fact that proper space planning and layout based on carefully considered variations in the number and sizes of rooms, relationship between rooms, slightly generous usable floor area, and little overt expression of room functions are critical to the long-term usability and adaptability of dwelling units that lead of increased satisfaction (Huuhka and Saarimaa, 2018). Table II shows that the case studies used have these built-in features.…”

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Residential adaptations as users' tacit means of communicating spatial needs in housing design

Agyefi-Mensah

Kpamma

Hagan

2020

JEDT

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Purpose Knowing and understanding the spatial needs of users is imperative for the design of livable and sustainable houses. However, the practical and theoretical difficulties associated with this, especially in social housing, create a shortfall in design knowledge known as user needs gap. To bridge this gap, design researchers over the years, have sought to provide feedback for design decision-making through post-occupancy evaluation studies using preferences and residential satisfaction as constructs. In view of their limitations, this study aims to explore residential adaptations as residents’ tacit means of communicating their spatial needs, and a pathway to understanding residents’ housing requirements. Design/methodology/approach The study was exploratory in nature and a case study by design using a convergent parallel design within the mixed methods tradition. Activity Theory as used as a conceptual framework. The study involved three strands of research as follows: estimation of the floor areas of the rooms and spaces of the case study designs using the International Standards Organisation intramuros method; a survey of households and their activities using questionnaires; and observation of residents’ adaptations captured photographs and drawings. In all, 43 households out of the 66 apartments in the two case designs were surveyed. Findings The study found that while the units were theoretically large, they were practically inadequate when average household sizes were taken into account in a space per person analysis. In response, particularly to sleeping requirements of children, residents make different forms of adaptations – normative, such as house sharing, compositional and organizational, as well as add-ins and add-ons including and illegal alterations. Originality/value The paper presents residential adaptations as an empirically grounded, contextually embedded and practically useful means of exploring and understanding users’ spatial needs in housing design. Residential adaptations provide a means through which residents communicate their housing needs, albeit tacitly – a means for self-expression, self-extension and self-determination. To theory, the study shows that residential adaptations can be useful as a construct for understanding residents’ spatial needs, though fuzzy. It also helps understand how the tensions in an activity system, may result from contradictions produced by the lurking effect of contextual factors. This makes contextual knowledge, particularly cultural knowledge, critical to the design.

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“…It is anticipated that the majority of existing buildings will be frequently adapted in the upcoming decades to meet future demands (Bullen, 2007;Conejos et al, 2014;Perolini, 2013;Rasmussen, 2012). Consequently, it is argued that adaptability should be proactively and reactively incorporated, meaning that existing and new buildings should facilitate the accommodation of future changes (Huuhka, and Saarimaa, 2018;Langston, 2014a).…”

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Circular building adaptability and its determinants – A literature review

Hamida

Jylhä

Remøy

et al. 2022

IJBPA

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PurposeAdaptability is an inherent quality in building circularity, as adaptability can physically facilitate the reversibility of materials in a closed-reversible chain, also called “loops”. Nevertheless, positioning adaptability in circularity-oriented models could overlook some of the contextual considerations that contribute to the utility for the built environment. This paper reconceptualises building adaptability to incorporate circularity, in order to facilitate for the resource loops whilst preserving the long-lasting functionality in buildings.Design/methodology/approachAn integrative literature review on adaptability and circularity of buildings was conducted using systematic search approach. From the initial database of 4631 publications, 104 publications were included for the final analysis. A comparative analysis of definitions and determinants of both concepts was conducted to reconceptualise circular building adaptability.FindingsThe findings of the literature study show that incorporating circularity and adaptability is possible through 10 design and operation determinants, namely configuration flexibility, product dismantlability, asset multi-usability, design regularity, functional convertibility, material reversibility, building maintainability, resource recovery, volume scalability, and asset refit-ability. The study concludes that considering the defined determinants in a holistic manner could simultaneously facilitate: building resilience to contextual changes, creation of asset value, and elimination of waste generation.Originality/valueThis paper expands the relevant bodies of literature by providing a novel way of perceiving building adaptability, incorporating circularity. The practical value of this paper lies in the discussion of potential strategies that can be proactively or reactively employed to operationalise circular building adaptability.

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Adaptability of mass housing: size modification of flats as a response to segregation

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Methods in assessing the values of architecture in residential neighbourhoods

Methods in assessing the values of architecture in residential neighbourhoods

Residential adaptations as users' tacit means of communicating spatial needs in housing design

Circular building adaptability and its determinants – A literature review

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