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Architecture can respond

Making buildings adapt to the needs of the inhabitants can provide lots of benefits, including helping the environment. However, the task is a tricky one. As more people look into how they can achieve this, there are lots of new ideas. The field as a whole is known as responsive architecture. This means that the building actually responds to its environment, making it far more useful.

How can a building be responsive?

There are many different ways that a building can respond to its environment. For example the design can allow changes in the exterior or interior. This could include things like automatically opening and closing windows, drawing and opening window shades, or even allowing a change in usage.

The changes can have different levels of responsiveness. For example some changes can be very rapid, allowing a building to adapt quickly to changing conditions. Things like the ventilation and window shades can react very quickly. However other things like furniture take longer to adapt to changes in use. The actual building structure itself is the most static but there are ways to allow it to change and adapt.

It is wise to consider the rate of change for different aspects of the building. This will allow it to evolve and change over time. There must be specific strategies in place though to plan how the building will change.

Considering a responsive design?

At Coffey Architects, we strive to make our buildings work for the client in every way they need them to. As a result we can consider how and why they will need to respond to changes. We have made such a great impression that our work has won various awards.

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