Agile Architecture: Adaptability, Mutability + Resilience with Sustainability in the Crosshairs (66325)
Session Chair: Ann DuHamel
Friday, January 6, 2023 (14:20)
Session: Session 4
Room: 318B
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Contemporary times have ushered in a plethora of challenges to the ways we conceive, design, develop, built then occupy our spaces and places. Global crises around climate change, resource depletion, public health and escalating inequities together demand built environments that have greater ability to react and respond to changing conditions. Historically users have been the focus of change – that is, people needed to adapt to static and fixed environments. However, in an era of growing awareness around existential threats to humanity, and an understanding of the physical environment’s negative contributions to global warming, pandemics, pollution and the like, it is vital for architects and architecture to seriously shift directions. Rather than having people adjust to environments, it is imperative to craft and create environments that are responsive, flexible, adjustable and responsible. Technologies, both computational and constructional, have advanced to levels where buildings can be designed to move and maneuver to meet the vibrant needs of inhabitants. Agile Architecture and its counterparts, such as Open Building, produce buildings and landscapes that morph and modify based on fluctuating requirements around spatial programming and use expectations. Rather than forcing people to shoehorn into unforgiving facilities, agile architecture incorporates elements that move, spaces that adjust, and systems that accommodate. The present research considers theory and practice, including a range of compelling case studies, which demonstrate the ability of environments to synergistically work with users – resulting in buildings, blocks and cities that heighten sustainability, foster adaptability, and increase the quality of life.
Authors:
Brian Sinclair, University of Calgary, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Brian Sinclair is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at University of Calgary in Canada
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