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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Infill system

Construction; Building/real property

Refers to a specific selection of physical parts, having standardised interfaces and organised logistics, that can consequently be organised to suit a wide range of interior conditions and ...

Describe the interrelated configurations of physical elements and decision clusters that occur within a larger dependency hierarchy. In Open Building terms, the Support constitutes a higher level, ...

Open Building (OB)

Construction; Building/real property

Is the international movement based on organising buildings and their technical and decision-making processes according to levels. In the West, Open Building was a partial successor to the Supports ...

Margin

Construction; Building/real property

Refers to an area of overlap belonging to two special planning zones, as when bay windows, porches and entryways extend the building's volume of facade into open space. A margin's size and features ...

Intervention

Construction; Building/real property

Describes the work of architects and other design and construction professionals. By implication, these professionals are viewed not as creators of environment, but rather as expert enablers or ...

Open, openness

Construction; Building/real property

Describes the character of buildings - usually multi-tenant buildings - organised on levels to maximise capacity to transform while distributing choice, control and responsibility and reducing ...

Fit-out

Construction; Building/real property

Refers to the process or action of installing building infill, or to the physical products used in making habitable space in a base building. It may also modify or describe such process or ...