Flexible housing: the means to the end

Till, Jeremy; Schneider, Tatjana

doi:10.1017/s1359135505000345

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“…de Neufville and Scholtes (2011) suggest moving away from conventional design based on fixed specifications. Schneider and Till (2005) and Till and Schneider (2005) comment on the trade-off between possible upfront extra costs and long-term benefits, and the architectural and engineering aspects of flexible design.…”

Section: Flexibility: Built-in (A) Formmentioning

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Valuing Deliberate Built-in Flexibility in Houses – Exampled

Carmichael

Taheriattar

2018

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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Housing requirements commonly transition over time, and there are financial, social and environmental impacts associated with altering and moving houses. With possible future alteration in mind, this paper looks at the viability of deliberately incorporating flexibility into houses at the time they are designed and built, as compared with no specifically incorporated flexibility (yet still possibly capable of being altered). A comparative analysis, rather than an absolute analysis, is outlined. The financial viability is performed as an options analysis, while the social and environmental matters are evaluated along life cycle assessment lines. As a case example, the paper considers the viability of incorporating deliberate two-storey flexibility into a single-storey house using Australian practices. It is shown on the case example that incorporating deliberate built-in flexibility can perform positively against all sustainability criteria -financial, social and environmental, separately or combined -however the generality of this conclusion remains to be proven.

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Section: Flexibility: Built-in (A) Formmentioning

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Valuing Deliberate Built-in Flexibility in Houses – Exampled

Carmichael

Taheriattar

2018

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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“…Ini merupakan konsep umum yang dapat digunakan untuk rumah yang dapat mengadaptasi kebutuhan fisik penghuni, khususnya saat mereka tumbuh menua dan kehilangan kemampuan mobilitas [5] …”

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Penerapan Konsep Flexible Dan Green Architecture Pada Rumah Typical Di Lampung

Munawaroh

Gunawan

Perwira

2017

NALARs

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ABSTRAK. Rumah merupakan salah satu kebutuhan pokok manusia. Kebutuhan manusia di dalam rumah berbeda-beda. Keberadaan perumahan yang menyediakan rumah typical menjadi salah satu solusi dalam pemenuhan kebutuhan rumah bagi masyarakat.Namun rumah typical masih menimbulkan permasalahan, yaitu adanya aktivitas dan kebutuhan ruang dari penghuni yang tidak bisa terakomodir. Disisi lain permasalahan lingkungan akibat dari aktivitas manusia di dalam rumah menimbulkan dampak negatif bagi lingkungan. Lampung merupakan salah satu daerah yang memiliki arsitektur yang khas. Tetapi rumah typical yang dikembangkan oleh para developer perumahan belum ada yang menonjolkan arsitektur khas Lampung tersebut.Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk merancang rumah yang dapat memenuhi kebutuhan masing-masing penghuni rumah dengan luas bangunan yang sama. Selain itu, rumah yang dirancang tidak menimbulkan dampak negatif bagi lingkungan dan mencirikan arsitektur Lampung.Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif. Metode kualitatif dilakukan melalui studi literatur dan perancangan. Studi literatur dilakukan melalui kajian dari berbagai sumber yaitu buku, jurnal dan internet. Perancangan dilakukan melalui: penerapan konsep flexible house dan konsep green architecture serta transformasi bentuk hasil kebudayaan Lampung.Hasil penelitian adalah desain rumah typical di Lampung dengan konsep green flexible house.

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“…52 As the lifecourse of current and future older generations extends and diversifies there are strong arguments to be made for housing options that are more flexible and less specialized in order to be adaptable to the changing needs of future generations. 53 This might include the anticipation of adult children returning to a household; space for carers, or a need to accommodate elderly parents; the ability to host friends and family; and space to continue to pursue the activities and hobbies that shape one's individual identity. This can be translated into a list of common features that many downsizers are looking for in a new home: affordability, accessibility, security, energy-efficiency, space, flexibility, ease of maintenance, and a good location with access to local shops and services -features that are also prominent within the HAPPI recommendations for older persons' housing (see Figure 3).…”

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A Home for Life? A Critical Perspective on Housing Choice for “Downsizers” in the UK

Park¹,

Ziegler²

2016

Architecture_MPS

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A range of policy, research and media commentary has highlighted the link between housing, health, and wellbeing in later life, with discourses around "ageing in place" and "downsizing" emerging as particularly dominant. Proponents of "downsizing" strategies argue that the motivation for older people should be self-evident: difficulties with maintenance, heating bills, getting upstairs, and the increasing risk of falls are all commonly referred to. This outlook also highlights the economic benefits of downsizing to "age-appropriate" housing, particularly in relation to potential savings for health and social care budgets. Drawing upon participatory research with older people in the city of Sheffield, UK, this paper critiques current practices and discourses around the commissioning, design, and management of purpose-built retirement housing. The paper calls for an urgent need to reframe housing from a lifecourse perspective and to recognize older people as active citizens, for whom their homes are essential to their continuing to contribute to family life and society. We argue for a more nuanced debate around "downsizing" and "ageing in place", and call for policy-makers to recognize the risk of spatially and socially marginalizing older people through current limitations in housing choices. The paper concludes by setting out a number of measures to improve the choice, quality, and flexibility of housing for later life.

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Flexible housing: the means to the end

Abstract: How might flexible housing be achieved? 'Determinate' and 'indeterminate' approaches are examined using twentieth-century examples

Cited by 80 publications

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Valuing Deliberate Built-in Flexibility in Houses – Exampled

Valuing Deliberate Built-in Flexibility in Houses – Exampled

Penerapan Konsep Flexible Dan Green Architecture Pada Rumah Typical Di Lampung

A Home for Life? A Critical Perspective on Housing Choice for “Downsizers” in the UK

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