Name: Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings: Evaluating Their Functional Performance (Routledge Research in Architecture)
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Author: Junjie Xi
ISBN: 9788497432863

portada Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings: Evaluating Their Functional Performance (Routledge Research in Architecture)

Type

Physical Book

Author

María José Brito

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

260

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

849743286X

ISBN13

9788497432863

Edition No.

Synopsis "Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings: Evaluating Their Functional Performance (Routledge Research in Architecture)"

This book investigates the design, operation and use of contemporary transportable buildings, and explores how functional performance can be assessed in small-scale examples for public use alongside their relationship to other design elements. The research focuses on three case studies, Chengdu Hualin Elementary School, Exxopolis and Kreod, that do not require a high-technology building environment or complex construction skills. Transportable buildings are defined as those that are transported in a number of parts for assembly on site. Contemporary transportable buildings respond to ecological issues, social impacts, technological innovation and economic demands. They can be used to measure a society’s development in environmental sustainability, innovation and economic growth through various forms. Small-scale transportable buildings fulfil many temporary habitation needs in diverse roles, such as non-emergency transitional housing, ephemeral exhibition buildings and seasonal entertainment facilities. Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings will be a useful research text for academics and students in architecture, design and sustainable building performance.