Even though the world around us is changing rapidly, our buildings do not. Buildings do not have the ability to transform from one configuration into another. Perhaps the most important reason for that is that they are not designed for such changes. Designers typically regard buildings as static structures and ignore that businesses grow, shrink or go bankrupt, that people age and family compositions change, and that innovative technologies replace older ones. But new usages persistently reshape or retire buildings anyway, which then unavoidably results in excessive amounts of waste. As just one step towards the design of more transformable buildings, we have been developing software that can provide designers with interactive feedback on the topic. Read more
