Building Evaluation

This book is about building evaluation in the broadest sense and it transcends the meaning and conventional boundaries of the evolving field of "post-occupancy evalu­ ation" by focusing on evaluation throughout the building delivery process. This process is seen not just as being linear with a product in mind, i. e. , the completed and occupied building, but rather, it is seen as a cyclic evolution which has as its goal the continuous improvement of the quality of buildings. This goal can only be accomplished if evaluation occurs throughout the building delivery process, and if: 1. the evaluation that does occur is systematic and rigorous, 2. the data that is obtained can be fed into data bases and clearinghouses for use in future generations of buildings, and; 3. there is continuity in information flow. The idea for this book originated with a symposium that was part of a conference held at the Technical University in Delft, Netherlands, in July of 1988, i. e. , lAPS 10, the tenth biannual conference of the "International Association for the Study of People and their Physical Surroundings. " Authors presented papers based on their book chapters, and discussions ensued about the expanded boundaries of the field, about theoretical, methodological, and practical issues, as well as applications in building evaluation. Other relevant topics were identified and several additional authors were invited to participate in order to round out the contents of this book. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Towards a Performance-Based Conceptual Framework for Systematic Poes....Pages 1-7 The Uses and Boundaries of Post-Occupancy Evaluation: an Overview....Pages 9-18 Post-Occupancy Evaluation from the Client’s Perspective....Pages 19-34 Post-Occupancy Evaluation as a Tool for the Preparation of Architectural Competitions....Pages 35-57 Pre-Occupancy Evaluation in Facilities Management....Pages 59-65 The Role of Building Evaluation in Earthquake Hazard Reduction....Pages 67-80 Evaluation of Animal Habitability in Farm Structures....Pages 81-94 Towards an Activation Process Model....Pages 95-111 Post-Occupancy Evaluation and Implicit Theory: An Overview....Pages 113-125 Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Research Paradigm or Diagnostic Tool....Pages 127-134 A Human Ecological Approach to the Evaluation of Man-Made Environments....Pages 135-147 Critical Frameworks for Building Evaluation: Total Building Performance, Systems Integration, and Levels of Measurement and Assessment....Pages 149-166 Towards a Poe Paradigm....Pages 167-180 Evaluating the Built Environment from the Users’ Point of View: An Attitudinal Model of Residential Satisfaction....Pages 181-198 Advances in POE Methods: An Overview....Pages 199-206 A Hospital Evaluation: The Problem-Seeking Method....Pages 207-220 Quality Down Under: Building Evaluation in Australia....Pages 221-247 Generative Evaluations using Quantitative Methods: A Case Study....Pages 249-265 Big Buildings: How They Challenge Evaluation Thought and Practice....Pages 267-279 Simulation Techniques in Design Research....Pages 281-287 Advances in Post-Occupancy Evaluation Applications: An Overview....Pages 289-297 Making POE Work in an Organization....Pages 299-306 Post-Occupancy Evaluation at the Urban Scale in Brazil....Pages 307-315 Building-in-use Assessment: Analysis of Office Buildings....Pages 317-325 Post-Occupancy Evaluation and Organizational Development: The Experience of the United States Postal Service....Pages 327-338 Epilogue: Issues and Future Directions....Pages 339-344 Back Matter....Pages 345-354 This book is about building evaluation in the broadest sense and it transcends the meaning and conventional boundaries of the evolving field of "post-occupancy evaluƯ ation" by focusing on evaluation throughout the building delivery process. This process is seen not just as being linear with a product in mind, i. e., the completed and occupied building, but rather, it is seen as a cyclic evolution which has as its goal the continuous improvement of the quality of buildings. This goal can only be accomplished if evaluation occurs throughout the building delivery process, and if: 1. the evaluation that does occur is systematic and rigorous, 2. the data that is obtained can be fed into data bases and clearinghouses for use in future generations of buildings, and; 3. there is continuity in information flow. The idea for this book originated with a symposium that was part of a conference held at the Technical University in Delft, Netherlands, in July of 1988, i. e., lAPS 10, the tenth biannual conference of the "International Association for the Study of People and their Physical Surroundings." Authors presented papers based on their book chapters, and discussions ensued about the expanded boundaries of the field, about theoretical, methodological, and practical issues, as well as applications in building evaluation. Other relevant topics were identified and several additional authors were invited to participate in order to round out the contents of this book