State of the Art
The chapter is a collection of recent research and
The final hypothesis proposes a search for a new
thoughts within the framework of CINARK – Centre
production paradigm facilitating architectural
of Industrialised Architecture, the Royal Danish
quality in industrialised construction.
Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture. Hence, it should not be seen as an overview of research on architectural quality in general, nor can
Two rationales 4
it be precluded that others may equally have treated
According to Rönn , a distinction should be drawn
the topic of architectural quality within an
between notions of quality starting from a
industrialised context. However, some references
perspective of industrial production and notions of
to related research will be integrated where this is
quality based on a point of view concerned with
found necessary or relevant. In the following
design, architecture or urban planning
sections we will:
(architectural quality). The former originate from a wish to limit malfunction and deficiencies in a
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•
Briefly describe two different rationales that we
specific industrial production (technical quality),
find present in industrialised architecture and
whereas the latter, the architectural quality, has
construction and whose mutual interplay
the purpose of serving more general and cultural
influences how architectural quality occurs and
long-term objectives. Elaborating on this distinction,
can be conceptualised.
the two notions could be ascribed to two different
Elaborate on the concept of architectural
rationales with general societal significance:
quality introducing three different levels of •
objectivity and generality.
•
A technical/business rationale concerned with
Present and discuss a collection of empirically
rational optimisation, (short-term) business
founded parameters of quality, which are of
economy and ‘that which is realistic’
particular interest in an industrialised context. •
Further elaborate on and discuss one – in our
and
opinion – central quality parameter, i.e. •
flexibility.
•
Draw up a final hypothesis on what we would
and qualities for the user, (long-term)
term as architectural sustainability.
macroeconomics and ‘that which is desirable’.
An ecological rationale concerned with values 5
Conversion flexibility Rönn, Magnus (2001) Ecology as a branch of biology deals with the relations between organisms and environment. Human ecology is the study of the relationship between people and their environment. Our use of the term is mostly related to the latter. See also Madsen, Ulrik Stylsvig (2007:3) Arkitekturen som rum(me)lig struktur (Architecture as spatial structure) on ecology and affordance as concepts for a discussion of how people interacting with their environment create meaning from the things/objects they come across.
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