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Insights into Architects’ Future Roles in Off-Site Construction

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Insights into Architects’ Future Roles in Off-Site Construction
 
Creator Luo, Jianing
Zhang, Hong
Sher, Willy
 
Subject Architecture; Construction; Manufacturing
Off-site manufacture and construction, future roles, “architectural work” mode, “building product” mode, order and rules.
Construction; Off-site manufacture
 
Description Today’s construction industry is overflowing with new ideas about its future. Off-Site Manufacture and Construction (OSCM) is at the heart of the modern construction industry. Much has been written about the state and context of OSCM in different countries regarding its perceived benefits and barriers to implementation. Off-site production (OSP) plays an important role in improving fragmented construction processes. Although most OSP research targets the attitudes and practices of OSP adoption, there is limited understanding of the philosophical issues underpinning OSP-related architecture. The roles of the architects’ personal philosophies are neglected and this hampers their implementation of OSCM (which has had a largely technical focus). This paper explores the traditional thinking patterns of architects in China and predicts possible future roles for them. It then conceptualizes an “architectural work” mode and a “building product” mode of design and construction and identifies the shortcomings of architects in an OSCM environment. The arguments made are based on practitioners’ perceptions and the first author’s practical experiences of leading several real-life projects in recent years. The findings reveal the implications and significance of the transformation from an “architectural work” mode to a “building product” mode. We foresee a study approach that focuses on the order and rules for OSCM, resulting in architects’ existing mindsets being changed to thinking patterns and design methodologies better suited to OSCM.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
Contributor China Scholarship Council
Hong Zhang, Southeast University
Willy Sher, The University of Newcastle
David Chandler, Western Sydney University
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Date 2017-03-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer reviewed invited commentry
Literature review; Phenomenological approac; Case study
 
Format application/pdf
text/html
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5252
10.5130/AJCEB.v17i1.5252
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 17, No 1 (2017): Construction Economics and Building; 107-120
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5252/5846
http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5252/5860
 
Coverage China; Australia; South-East Asia
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Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Jianing Luo, Hong Zhang, Willy Sher
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0