Five moments in the history of industrialized building

Ågren, Robert; Wing, R.

doi:10.1080/01446193.2013.825374

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“…That is, despite the continuous attempts to adopt prefabrication and industrial mass production in construction already since the 19th century (Atkin, 2014), few of the expectations of industrialized building have been realized (Ågren and Wing, 2014).…”

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Context, drivers, and future potential for wood-frame multi-story construction in Europe

Hurmekoski

Jonsson

Nord

2015

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Section: Background and Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Context, drivers, and future potential for wood-frame multi-story construction in Europe

Hurmekoski

Jonsson

Nord

2015

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

123

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“…The influence of residents is also said to have been neglected. In the 1970s, Habraken, among others, opposed this approach and wanted to bring more power to the client (Ågren and Wing 2014). A focus on customers and market demand, as opposed to centrally planned production, is also stressed by researchers today (Lessing 2015).…”

Section: Housing Shortage and Serially Produced Housingmentioning

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Boosting affordable housing supply: Could type approval of serially produced housing be a piece in the puzzle?

Hansson

2017

Z Immobilienökonomie

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The housing shortage has become a major political concern in Sweden and Germany. To ease tension on housing markets, both the Swedish and German central governments aim to extend housing supply and have highlighted type approval of multi-family housing as an important concept in the provision of affordable housing.The article outlines the role of serial housing construction in a historical as well as a contemporary setting, and describes the roles of agents and institutional prerequisites related to housing policy, urban planning and building permission in the two countries. The comparative data is analysed using theories on institutional change, with the aim of tentatively explaining why and how institutional change evolves.Results show that shifts in relative prices, technology and preferences are driving reform. Although the major agents (central governments, states, municipalities and developers) have different motives for supporting or working against reform, a majority of agents are acting in favour of reform. It is concluded that it is probable that type approval of multi-family housing will be introduced in both countries. However, the time for negotiations on the scope of reform between agents involved is expected to be shorter in Sweden than in Germany, due to Sweden's fewer layers of government and a stronger set of decisive agents. Once an agreement has been reached, reform is expected to be quicker in Germany than in Sweden as legal text and an assessment institution already exist. Keywords

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“…Ågren and Wing (2014) presented a historical review of IHB, an indication that the field is in transition, where historical descriptions contribute to the contemporary understanding.…”

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Industrialised house-building – development and conceptual orientation of the field

Lessing

Stehn

Ekholm

2015

Construction Innovation

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Purpose -This article aims to describe the development of industrialised house-building (IHB) to increase the understanding of the field. Design/methodology/approach -The study is based on an extensive literature study and a case study with three companies, studied between 2005 and 2013 which enabled an in-depth knowledge about the companies' development within IHB. Interviews, observations and document studies are the main sources of information in the case studies. Findings -IHB is a complex field, consisting of several constructs that need to be integrated and continuously developed. Development of structured technical building systems has been central to the development of IHB along with developed production methods and processes. The interest in organisational fit or adaptation to industrialisation and strategy concerning business, production and products is increasing. This implies that IHB needs to be managed strategically and not on a building project level. Practical implications -The article gives an orientation on how leading companies have structured and organised their work within industrialisation, giving valuable advice to practitioners with interest in the field. Originality/value -This article describes the development of IHB based on studies of literature and three Swedish IHB companies' development. This provides an aggregated view of the field's emergence and unique information about the studied companies' development.

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Five moments in the history of industrialized building

Cited by 34 publications

References 10 publications

Context, drivers, and future potential for wood-frame multi-story construction in Europe

Context, drivers, and future potential for wood-frame multi-story construction in Europe

Boosting affordable housing supply: Could type approval of serially produced housing be a piece in the puzzle?

Industrialised house-building – development and conceptual orientation of the field

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