Feng, Jiajing; Nikolić, Dragana and Ewart, Ian (2023) Understanding how building is adapted under changing scenarios from a user' perspective. In: Tutesigensi, A and Neilson, C J (eds.) Proceedings of 39th Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2023, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Abstract
How a building is adapted has been studied mostly from its design stage in terms of improving its physical attributes to benefit the future. While this process is also influenced by other social aspects, such as how building users make decisions to adapt to changing situations or the actual practice after building has been constructed. During this stage, heterogeneous network of human or non-human actors will play their part, especially in public buildings where diverse adaptations are made. Different users also have different authorities or power to make changes. This research, therefore, invites the lens of actor-network theory (ANT) to view this process. Using ethnographic observation method in a public building to identify building adaptation incidents in daily, planned, and emergency scenarios. Semi-structured interview is then used to follow these incidents and track related users involved. The translation process from ANT is mainly used to analyse comparatively the three scenarios. Expected contribution will be in the theoretical and methodological exploration of building adaptation area and investigation of its social aspect.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | actor-network theory; building adaptation; scenarios; translation; users |
| Index terms: | adaptation, interview, non-human actor, social aspect, public building, exploration, investigation, design stage |
| Subjects: | professional practice, environmental resource management, data collection methods, construction type, user focus, sociology |
| Topics: | Sustainability, Construction Technology, Research Practice, Design Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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