Small-scale public transportable and pre-fabricated buildings : evaluating their functional performance / Junjie Xi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xi, Junjie, author.

Series:

Routledge research in architecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buildings, Prefabricated.

Buildings, Portable.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

xiv, 246 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

Part I Current position p. 19

1 Key factors in the design and operation of public transportable buildings p. 21

List of definitions p. 21

Key factors p. 29

2 Analysing the relationship between public transportable buildings and sites through selected examples p. 69

Projects deployed in a single location p. 69

Projects deployed in multiple locations p. 73

Part II Review and synthesis of analysis and evaluation methods p. 81

3 A conceptual model for evaluation p. 83

4 A review of the existing analysis and evaluation methods p. 91

Guidelines developed by city councils and cultural sectors p. 92

Assessment methods in humanitarian response p. 97

Methods in environmental assessment p. 114

5 The role of evaluation in the transportable building design process p. 130

Functional performance evaluation principles p. 131

The evaluation process p. 134

6 Chengdu Hualin Elementary School p. 141

Function p. 144

Finance p. 152

Timescale p. 155

Aesthetics p. 156

Limitations p. 163

7 Exxopolis: an Architects of Air project p. 169

Function p. 171

Finance p. 178

Timescale p. 179

Aesthetics p. 182

Limitations p. 187

8 Kreod p. 194

Function p. 201

Finance p. 203

Timescale p. 204

Aesthetics p. 205

Limitations p. 207

9 Summary of case studies p. 212

10 Key findings p. 217

Finding I p. 217

Finding II p. 218

Finding III p. 221

11 Limitations and further research p. 223

Direction 1 Temporality and territory p. 224

Direction 2 Research in urban studies p. 225

Direction 3 Translating cultures p. 226

Direction 4 The economic power of ephemeral architecture p. 227

Direction 5 Applying transportable structures in provisional railway stations p. 228.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138698482

1138698482

OCLC:

1005760216