BLDGBLOG New Architects in Latin America Flexible Housing Flexible Housing Project The Project This website is one of the outcomes of a research project conducted at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture in 2004-6. The researchers were Professors Jeremy Till & Sarah Wigglesworth, and Dr Tatjana Schneider. The research was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. What is Flexible Housing? Our definition determines flexible housing as housing that can adapt to the changing needs of users. Why Flexible Housing? The arguments for flexible housing are compelling. Case Studies The 175 case studies are presented in a standard, even dry, manner. WeißenhofsiedlungLetohradskaWohnanlage Genter StraßeHollabrunnNemaususHonor Oak ParkFunktionsneutrale RäumeÜberbauung HellmutstraßeVroesenlaanKallebäck MontereauKraftwerk Hard and Soft We have classified the projects according to their ‘softness’ or ‘hardness’. Picture Credits Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders; any ommissions notified will be corrected.
Welcome Unhappy Hipsters home page ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide Strangeharvest architecture Editors’ Choice 2018 Skyscraper Competition Haotong Sun, Zonghao Wu, Fengwei Jia China The melting of arctic ice A reduction in Arctic summer ice cover has become more intense in recent years, culminating in a record low of 3.4 million square kilometres in 2012 – 18 per cent below the previous recorded minimum in 2007 and 50 per cent below the average in the 1980s and 1990s. Land ice is also retreating and permafrost is melting. The retreating ice brings easier access to natural resources such as gas and oil, thus prompting increased human activity that may threaten the already fragile ecosystems and wildlife, the UN Environment Programme’s report says. The reason of melting 1.The reasons for the Arctic warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe are manifold. 2.White ice and snow acts as a mirror, reflecting 85 per cent of solar radiation; however, ice-free areas of the ocean reflect only 10 per cent and the bare tundra only 20 per cent.
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