Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings: Evaluating Their Functional Performance

By Junjie XI

This book investigates the design, operation and use of contemporary transportable buildings, and explores how functional performance can be assessed in small-scale examples for public use alongside their relationship to other design elements. The research focuses on three case studies, Chengdu Hualin Elementary School, Exxopolis and Kreod, that do not require a high-technology building environment or complex construction skills. Transportable buildings are defined as those that are transported in a number of parts for assembly on site. Contemporary transportable buildings respond to ecological issues, social impacts, technological innovation and economic demands. They can be used to measure a society's development in environmental sustainability, innovation and economic growth through various forms. Small-scale transportable buildings fulfil many temporary habitation needs in diverse roles, such as non-emergency transitional housing, ephemeral exhibition buildings and seasonal entertainment facilities. Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings will be a useful research text for academics and students in architecture, design and sustainable building performance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367502585
• ISBN13: 9780367502584
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"