Shearing
Layers
The
reading discusses architecture on a professional and commercial basis. A
comparison is drawn regarding how architecture is pervieced and advertised in
the real world through the media. I agree with the notion discussed that
suggests the design process should taking into consideration present and future
impacts to occupants and users, and that designing buildings that are adaptable
to changing social norms of society is essential.
Frank Duffy (theorist in change rate of buildings) suggests that a building is not just one entity but is made up of four components.
Shell- The structure
Services- cabling, plumbing, air conditioning
Scenery- layouts of partitions, ceilings
Set- Shifting of furniture by occupants
“The unit of analysis for us isn’t the building, it’s the use of the building through time. Time is the essence of the real design problem”
Six categories to allow us to look at a building in the simplest forms:
Site
Structure
Skin
Services
Space
Plan
Stuff
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