The importance of variability (flexibility) in multi-family apartment buildings
Journal
TTEM
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Gjorgji Dimkov, Dimitar Papasterevski
Abstract
The variability of building structures can be
achieved from the outside and inside, as well as
with extensions or partitions. The degree of variability
is proportional to the independence of the
primary from the secondary structure.
The relationship between the structure and the
role of installations in the practical application
of flexibility has been considered in a number of
studies (SAR method, etc.), and all come to the
conclusion that it is necessary not only to differentiate
the primary from the secondary structure, but
also to make the installations less fixed.
However, differentiation does not mean that
development can be inconsistent. The main mistake
of the current development in construction
technologies is in fact that there was a lack of
relation to the secondary structure and that the
connections in the construction process were not
defined. Thus, the development of technology has
limited the growth of the quality of housing, rather
than improving it.
Today the primary structures are built very
quickly, their durability is practically unlimited,
but if we compare them with the first beginnings of
the application of the skeleton in residential construction
with “endless possibilities”, burdened
with various restrictions and regulations, today we
have extremely unadjustable constructions, which
do not allow nor minimum flexibility (similar to
structures where a massive building system with
load-bearing reinforced concrete walls is applied).
This paper aims to provide a historical overview
of research closely related to the importance
of flexibility in multi-family apartment buildings
in general, with reference to and analysis of experiences
in the construction of flexible housing in
the former SFR Yugoslavia.
achieved from the outside and inside, as well as
with extensions or partitions. The degree of variability
is proportional to the independence of the
primary from the secondary structure.
The relationship between the structure and the
role of installations in the practical application
of flexibility has been considered in a number of
studies (SAR method, etc.), and all come to the
conclusion that it is necessary not only to differentiate
the primary from the secondary structure, but
also to make the installations less fixed.
However, differentiation does not mean that
development can be inconsistent. The main mistake
of the current development in construction
technologies is in fact that there was a lack of
relation to the secondary structure and that the
connections in the construction process were not
defined. Thus, the development of technology has
limited the growth of the quality of housing, rather
than improving it.
Today the primary structures are built very
quickly, their durability is practically unlimited,
but if we compare them with the first beginnings of
the application of the skeleton in residential construction
with “endless possibilities”, burdened
with various restrictions and regulations, today we
have extremely unadjustable constructions, which
do not allow nor minimum flexibility (similar to
structures where a massive building system with
load-bearing reinforced concrete walls is applied).
This paper aims to provide a historical overview
of research closely related to the importance
of flexibility in multi-family apartment buildings
in general, with reference to and analysis of experiences
in the construction of flexible housing in
the former SFR Yugoslavia.
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