TY  - BOOK
AU  - Xi,Junjie
TI  - Small-scale public transportable and pre-fabricated buildings: evaluating their functional performance 
T2  - Routledge Research in Architecture
SN  - 9781138698482
AV  - NA8480 .X5 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Buildings, prefabricated
KW  - Buildings, Portable
KW  - Architecture and society
N1  - "This book is dedicated to Mr Carruthers."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index (pages 240-246)
N2  - 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--backover.
ER  -