Timing of space: Some thoughts on building economics |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Astronautical, Electrical And Energy Engineering - Area Fisica Tecnica, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy;2. Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy;3. Center of Excellence in Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe Events (CETEMPS), University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy;4. Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy;5. School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom;1. School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia;2. Bekos Energy Services Nigeria Limited, Ikorodu, Nigeria;3. Bowen Partnership, Quantity Surveying Consultancy Firm, Benin City, Nigeria;4. Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, South Africa;1. Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, China;2. School of Architecture & Built Environment; Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC), The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The emerging field of building economics is gradually penetrating both professional practice and academic curricula in architectural design. This essay focuses on the contribution of building economics to architectural design. This contribution hinges on the notion of time. Building economics offers a systematic framework for the representation of time. An economic evaluation of a building is in fact impossible without the time-profile of the economic process it contains. This can be perceived as a problem of finding some numbers to “plug in” the prescribed formulae, but it can also be perceived as a valuable framework for design and building in time. The latter perspective is undeniably more challenging and exciting. The scope of architectural design is thereby considerably widened and enriched. |
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