Donegan, H A; Dodd, F J and Warren, A (1996) A consensus strategy for post-occupancy assessment in school design. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 1(3), pp. 53-70. ISSN 1366-4387
Abstract
This paper outlines a stragey for assessing the client's consensus of post-occupancy opinion about existing design features prior to the architect's proposal for a significant extension or alteration to an existing public assembly building. The public assembly building in this exercise is a small rural primary school where the teaching staff, eleven in all, are considered "passive occupational experts" (in contrast to the "active external professional experts" which include principally the financial advisors, the architect, the supporting technical team and the various authorities). These formed a panel in a survey using the Delphi technique so that definitive consensus could be established, and the issues involved prioritised using several current methodologies. The conclusions are sufficient to indicate that further studies of this type could shed light on the overall design philosophy and indicate: 1. how current financial thinking is perhaps a product of top-down perception rather than bottom-up appraisal and, not surprisingly; 2. how more formalised evaluation strategies of this type might be used to influence the government departments dealing with financial and technical controls - especially given the popular views on the interaction of various regulations and their consequent impact on holistic design.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | consensus, methods of prioritisation, analytic hierarchies, Delphi Technique, post-occupancy, School Design |
| Index terms: | Delphi technique, regulation, methodology, appraisal, proposal, survey, philosophy, strategy, architect, interaction, exercise |
| Subjects: | data collection methods, profession, management, political science, philosophical studies, health behaviours and lifestyles, project planning, research methods, factor and component analysis, behavioral psychology |
| Topics: | Project Management, Health and Safety, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Governance, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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