Flexibility and variability in the housing concepts can be defined as the design of the housing structures with the understanding of prospective development of the site, life and social scenarios; with the possibility to make appropriate changes in the housing environment, structure or unit. Variability and flexibility is the ability to change a living environment and to adapt it according to new requirements. It can be applied in urban and architectural scale in relation with the urban or architectural structure.
In the urban context it applies mainly for the structure of amenities of a city (community) - when designing specific areas for shops, services, offices, entertainment, leisure time activities and culture. Variable and flexible structure of amenities of the city (community) offers an attractive "mixture" of different functions, that can be joined together in different ways to multi-function (point-concentrated) units: shopping malls, multipurpose complexes, courthouses and amusement parks.
Public spaces fulfill the role of a connecting framework when combining individual amenities. Public spaces may offer a number of variable and flexible elements which increase their attractiveness of use and may also change their function. Variable and flexible urban structure, in the final outcome - in the wider context, improves the quality of housing which is in direct relation to such structures.
In the architectural context, the flexibility and variability binds to a specific space, which is designed in such way that it has the ability to change – vary its functional use. Apartment as a base unit of housing should be able to respond to changes (variability) and to adapt to these changes (flexibility).
Flexibility and variability in the housing concepts can be defined as the design of the housing structures with the understanding of prospective development of the site, life and social scenarios; with the possibility to make appropriate changes in the housing environment, structure or unit. Variability and flexibility is the ability to change a living environment and to adapt it according to new requirements. It can be applied in urban and architectural scale in relation with the urban or architectural structure.
In the urban context it applies mainly for the structure of amenities of a city (community) - when designing specific areas for shops, services, offices, entertainment, leisure time activities and culture. Variable and flexible structure of amenities of the city (community) offers an attractive "mixture" of different functions, that can be joined together in different ways to multi-function (point-concentrated) units: shopping malls, multipurpose complexes, courthouses and amusement parks.
Public spaces fulfill the role of a connecting framework when combining individual amenities. Public spaces may offer a number of variable and flexible elements which increase their attractiveness of use and may also change their function. Variable and flexible urban structure, in the final outcome - in the wider context, improves the quality of housing which is in direct relation to such structures.
In the architectural context, the flexibility and variability binds to a specific space, which is designed in such way that it has the ability to change – vary its functional use. Apartment as a base unit of housing should be able to respond to changes (variability) and to adapt to these changes (flexibility).
Variable apartment is a dwelling with layout which allows for certain simple and inexpensive modifications, while the total area of the apartment remains unchanged (does not increase or decrease). Variable apartment allows changing its layout by inexpensive modifications to the whole building.
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Assoc.prof.Dr.Andrea Bacová
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