real property

Building/real property

Referring to a legally defined portion of land and the man-made improvements made to it or built on it such as buildings, roads etc.

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support (support structure)

Construction; Building/real property

Was a term first coined in John Habraken's book Supports: An Alternative to Mass Housing. It describes what might now alternatively be referred to as a residential base building, comprising the ...

Broadly describes all or much of the constellation of ideas, principles, methods and technologies associated with the activities growing out of the early work of Habraken and the SAR, including the ...

tartan band grid

Construction; Building/real property

Refers to the 10/20cm two-way band grid first developed by the SAR. It was subsequently adopted as a standard for modular coordination of building interiors throughout Europe. Variations on the band ...

thematic design

Construction; Building/real property

Is the design of variety recurring elements on any environmental level according to a set of organizing principles.

Tsukuba Method

Construction; Building/real property

Refers to a Japanese Open Building approach that employs the Two Step Hosing Supply System and established a new system of property ownership and household control similar to a freehold arrangement.

unbundling

Construction; Building/real property

Refers to the sorting, separation and distribution to appropriate levels and parties of decisions concerning the use and placement of physical systems.

urban tissue

Construction; Building/real property

Refers to the environmental level normally associated with urban design. Tissue comprises coherent neighborhood morphology (open spaces, building) and functions (human activity). Neighborhood exhibit ...