“…The importance of 'adaptable buildings' has been frequently discussed in literature, particularly with regard to various facets of building adaptations, such as 'technical and functional performance of adaptable buildings' (Gann and Barlow, 1996;Slaughter, 2001;Kendall, 2003;Larssen and Bjorbery, 2004), 'stakeholders' motivation and benefits' (Arge, 2005;Kalita, 2006), 'regulations and policies' (Kincaid, 2002;Adeyeye, Bouchlaghem and Pasquire, 2010;Ren, Shih, and McKercher, 2014), 'sustainability' (Kincaid, 2000, Thomsen andFlier, 2009) and 'risk' (Remoy and Voordt, 2007). Adaptable buildings are defined as 'dynamic systems that carry the capacity to accommodate a set of evolving demands regarding space, function, and components ' (Adaptable Futures, 2012).…”