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 ...

Is a term used by van Randen to describe an entangle building condition in which unpredictable dependencies occur among parties involved, frequently leading to coordination breakdowns and lapses in ...

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.

Supports

Construction; Building/real property

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 ...

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.

Social overhead capital

Construction; Building/real property

Is a term brought into Open Building usage in association with the Japanese Two Step Housing Supply System. It describes a Support characterised by high quality and long durability, specifically ...

Skeleton/infill

Construction; Building/real property

Is a term used in Japan to describe the separation of building systems and decisions according to a subsystems approach distinguishing skeleton (including enclosure and most utility system) or base ...