This is a pretty relevant graphic. With an aging population and overall population decline in western countries, I think retrofitting existing buildings to accomodate the aging population will take a large share of construction in the future.
I am using a book - Building Adaptation for my project. It has numerous studies from the UK on building lifespans, change in uses, and all types of retrofits (and the issues included with doing so). Adaptation seems to be a bit of a buzz word in the field, I have found quite of bit of info just from searching it, thought it might be helpful.
Here is the link to the book: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/707685/description#description . You are more than welcome to borrow it at any point.
Thanks a lot Warren. I have not tried incorporating the word "adaption" into my reasearch but I agree it will probably give some goo results. Thanks for the comment!
This is a pretty relevant graphic. With an aging population and overall population decline in western countries, I think retrofitting existing buildings to accomodate the aging population will take a large share of construction in the future.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely and these diagrams are especially affective for this particular topic!
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ReplyDeleteI am using a book - Building Adaptation for my project. It has numerous studies from the UK on building lifespans, change in uses, and all types of retrofits (and the issues included with doing so). Adaptation seems to be a bit of a buzz word in the field, I have found quite of bit of info just from searching it, thought it might be helpful.
Here is the link to the book: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/707685/description#description . You are more than welcome to borrow it at any point.
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Thanks a lot Warren. I have not tried incorporating the word "adaption" into my reasearch but I agree it will probably give some goo results. Thanks for the comment!
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