Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings: Evaluating Their Functional Performance

ISBN-13: 9781138698482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 260 str.

Junjie XI

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction Part I Current Position Chapter 1 Key Factors in the Design and Operation of Public Transportable Buildings List of Definitions 1.2 Key Factors Function Finance Timescale Aesthetics 1.2.4.1 Visual Appearance 1.2.4.2 Acceptability to the Users 1.2.4.3 Appropriateness and Building Sites Chapter 2 Analysing the Relationships between Public Transportable Buildings and Sites through Selected Examples 2.1. Projects Deployed in a Single Location 2.2. Projects Deployed in Multiple Locations Part II Review and Synthesis of Analysis and Evaluation Methods Chapter 3 A Conceptual Model for Evaluation Chapter 4 A Review of the Existing Analysis and Evaluation Methods 4.1. Guidelines Developed by City Councils and Cultural Sectors 4.2. Assessment Methods in Humanitarian Response 4.3. Monitoring and Evaluating Post-Disaster Recovery Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery 4.4. Methods in Environmental Assessment Chapter 5 The Role of Evaluation in the Public Transportable Building Design Process 5.1 Functional Performance Evaluation Principles 5.2 The Evaluation Process 5.2.1 Pre-Occupancy Evaluation 5.2.2 Monitoring 5.2.3 Post-Occupancy Evaluation 　 Part III Case Studies Chapter 6 Chengdu Hualin Elementary School Chapter 7 Exxopolis – an Architects of Air Project Chapter 8 Kreod Part IV Conclusions Chapter 9 Key Findings Chapter 10 Limitations and Further Research

O autorze

Junjie Xi is a lecturer in the Department of Architecture, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University. She graduated with a PhD in Architecture from the University of Liverpool in 2013, and continues this research through her ongoing collaboration with Liverpool’s School of Architecture, where she is an Honorary Research Fellow. She is also a researcher for the China Railway Group Ltd and School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. The research outputs will be used by China Railway Group Ltd in its construction work in the near future.