Open House International: Volume 37 Issue 3

Editorial

Nicholas Wilkinson

Avı Friedman's new book, DECISION MAKING FOR FLEXIBILITY IN HOUSING has much going for it. The main arguments and objectives are set out here in this manuscript which opens with a…

Design Principals of Narrow Townhouse; For Affordability and Adaptability

Avi Friedman, Robyn Whitwham

Recognized for their high density and resources conservation, townhouses are attracting homebuyers and builders once again. With housing affordability being an issue in many…

Flexible Building and Construction Systems in Traditional Korean Architecture

Kim Sung-Hwa, JiA Beisi

Unlike the building forms, technology, and materials of today, the traditional Korean architecture represents an example of flexible building forms in history. Investigating and…

Urban Squatting in Latin America: Relevance of ‘Guided Occupancy’

Belén Gesto, Guillermo Gómez, Julián Salas

While the illegal occupation of land by families lacking the means to acquire housing on the market is hardly front page news in Latin America, it may not merit the silence to…

The Challenge of Complexity and Creativity Factor in Architectural Design

Saim Nalkaya

Architectural design process is subject to ambiguities surrounding not only definition of the procedures and the flow of the process, but also the nature of the information to be…

Flexibility in Hong Kong Private Housing

T. H. Khan, T. K. Dhar

This paper investigates the private housing in Hong Kong in terms of flexibility. Since the last few decades Hong Kong Government is steadily endeavoring to achieve a sustained…

Connecting up Capacities: Integrated Design for Energy-Efficient Housing in Chile

Rodrigo G. Alvarado, Underlea M. Bruscato, Maureen T. Kelly, Flavio C. D'Amico, Olavo E. Oyola

Integrated design is a strategy to develop sustainable architecture projects incorporating multidisciplinary work and environmental performance assessments, which has provided…

Abandoned Housing Project: Assessment On Resident Satisfaction Toward Building Quality

Zamharira Sulaiman, Azlan Shah Ali, Faizah Ahmad

Abandoned buildings which are exposed to weather and human threat may lead to deterioration in building quality. Indirectly, the buyer is not satisfied when the abandoned…

The Impact of Passive Design on Building Thermal Performance in Hot and Dry Climate

Emad S. Mushtaha, Taro Mori, Enai Masamichi

Several calls have been everywhere asking for proper use of passive design tools like shading devices, insulation, natural ventilation and solar panels in building architecture of…