Author: United States. Public Buildings ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrialized building
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The PBS Building Systems Program and Performance Specification for Office Buildings
Author: United States. Public Buildings ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrialized building
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Facility Programming (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Wolfgang F. E. PreiserPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134892594
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
First published in 1978, the objective of this book is to provide an authoritative and selective overview of current, user-orientated programming methods within the field of environmental design. The 19 chapters compiled in this volume describe procedures and the information content of innovative approaches used by leading programming experts in the private and institutional sectors. Emphasis is placed on a qualitative and illustrative focus of selected approaches to environmental programming with the eventual occupants in mind. The chapter groupings are intended to reflect three major areas of professional engagement that serve the field of facility programming. The first group describe the approaches of firms or groups that were organised exclusively to provide environmental analysis and programming services. Part II is composed of chapters by authors who belong to established architectural firms with programming departments and Part III presents evidence that pertains to the supporting role of research and guidance literature from authors primarily affiliated with government agencies or supported by large organisations.
Denver Federal Center, Lakewood
Author: Designing the Office of the Future
Author: Volker HartkopfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Recent technological advances in telecommunications, electronics, security, automation, and building control systems create many new challenges for workplace designers. The "workplace of the future" must accommodate these new technologies and changing work styles in appropriate physical, environmental, and organizational settings to enhance worker speed, communication, and overall productivity. The Advanced Building Systems Integration Consortium, an industry-university partnership established at Carnegie Mellon University, is dedicated to researching and developing the quality of the workplace through the innovative use of advanced technologies. This important work reports on the major findings of the multidisciplinary field team in the study of a few key Japanese office buildings. The authors focus on a selected set of design features - components and integrated systems - that herald innovative future trends and stand the test of occupancy evaluation. Designing the Office of the Future provides the general approach of the Advanced Building Systems Integration Consortium (ABSIC) to the building studies and their use towards the development of advanced products and workplaces. The book reports generalized findings from the international building studies in four countries, explains the intellectual framework of the team's approach to defining advanced workplaces, and presents the details of the actual building evaluation process. The book then presents an overview of Japanese trends drawn from the in-depth building studies and other building visits, as well as critical readings and discussions with Japanese leaders in intelligent building design. Other topics covered include theselection of innovative components, systems, and processes identified by the multidisciplinary team in four Japanese buildings - Toshiba Headquarters, NTT Twins Regional Headquarters, the ARK Mori Building, and the Umeda Center building. Designing the Office of the Future then discusses new developments in building design technology, and concludes with a list of major design changes to be introduced into the technologically advanced workplace.
Directions in Person-Environment Research and Practice (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Jack NasarPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134876211
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
First published in 1999, this book presents a fresh and diverse set of perspectives representing key directions of research and practice in the field of environmental design research. Leading researchers in various areas of person-environment research, such as privacy, children’s environment, post-occupancy evaluation, environmental cognition, environmental aesthetics, crime prevention, housing and environmental protection and environmental design present what they consider their best work. The book argues for the value of a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving and outlines many important directions for methods, research and practice.
Post-Occupancy Evaluation (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Wolfgang F. E. PreiserPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317498232
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Post-occupancy evaluation, focusing on building’s occupants and their needs, provides insight into the consequences of past design decisions and forms a sound basis for creating better buildings in the future. This book, first published in 1988, includes a review of the evolution of the field, a conceptual frame-work for POE, and pragmatic information on planning, conducting, and reporting POEs. Post-Occupancy Evaluation categorizes the approaches to building evaluation by describing the three levels of POE effort – indicative, investigative, and diagnostic, each differing in terms of time, resources, and personnel needed. In its scope Post-Occupancy Evaluation is both comprehensive and specific; professionals in the design and planning disciplines will find it an invaluable resource for understanding the theory behind POE’s and the procedures needed to put the theory into practice.
Building Systems Design
Author: The Physical Environment and the Learning Process
Author: Jonathan KingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publications
Author: University of Michigan. Institute for Social ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Specifications for Commercial Interiors
Author: S. C. ReznikoffPublisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Interior designers depend on this definitive reference: thoroughly researched and updated, it provides the information they need to evaluate the materials used in their work.